Loretta Rush

Loretta Hogan Rush (born May 11, 1958) is an American lawyer who has served as the chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court since 2014. She has served concurrently as an associate justice since 2012.

Early life and education Rush was born in 1958 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She settled in Indiana in 1972. She earned an undergraduate degree from Purdue University and a Juris Doctor from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana.

Career Rush spent 15 years in general practice as an associate and then partner at the Lafayette, Indiana firm of Dickson, Reiling, Teder and Withered. Her practice consisted of civil litigation, family law, business, personal injury, corporate, probate and workers compensation cases. and 2024.

Awards In 2003, she was awarded the Kinsey Award for Juvenile Judge of the Year and was presented with the Fiscal Responsibility Award by the Tippecanoe County Council and Commissioners in 2001.