Indiana’s chief judge to serve on opioid panel
The panel will help promote collaboration among treatment providers, criminal justice systems and child welfare agencies.
The panel will help promote collaboration among treatment providers, criminal justice systems and child welfare agencies.
Loretta Rush, chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, said businesses decide where to set up shop in part based on the quality of the court system.
In her first State of Judiciary speech, Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush on Wednesday said the judiciary is “currently working on the development of a business court model focused on complex commercial litigation.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush, who took over the position in August, will give the speech Wednesday before a joint session of the Indiana General Assembly.
Loretta Rush was serving as a Tippecanoe County judge when Gov. Daniels picked her for the high court in September.
Loretta Rush became the second female Indiana Supreme Court justice in state history during a private swearing-in ceremony Wednesday.
Gov. Mitch Daniels has named a Tippecanoe County judge as the first woman on the Indiana Supreme Court in 13 years.