Katie Nealon is a passionate personal injury attorney for her clients and takes great pride in helping those in need. Her work focuses on truck accidents, motor vehicle accidents, and premises liability cases.
Katie has received numerous industry awards. She holds a board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy and was recently named a Best Lawyer in America for 2025. She has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star since 2017 and was selected for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Bar Leadership Institute Class of 2017-2018. In 2022, she was named to Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal’s Top 20 Under 40 list.
She graduated summa cum laude from Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, California, where she was an editor of the Whittier Law Review. She was recognized as an Outstanding Graduate in Business Law and won the Trial Advocacy competition: Best Cross Examination Award.
Katie was the district coordinator for the High School Mock Trial Competition, which includes Lackawanna, Wayne, Wyoming, Susquehanna, Bradford, and Sullivan counties. She volunteers with Lackawanna Pro Bono, and is a member of the Young Lawyers Division of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the New Lawyers Division of the American Association for Justice, and The Pennsylvania Association for Justice. Additionally, she has served as an Advocate for both the Juvenile Hall Advocacy Clinic and the General Relief Advocacy Program, which provides assistance to individuals at the Department of Social Services.
Notable Settlements & Verdicts
Speaking Engagements
Pre-Suit Investigation and Written Discovery
How to Use Discovery in a Ride Share Case to Maximize Your Recovery
Preparing Your Case and Your Client for Trial
How to Use Technology to Aid Your Focus Group Presentation and Build Your Trial Opening
The Case for Adjusting Your Perspective - Identifying and Combating Implicit Bias in the Practice of Law
Ready, Set, Deposition and Trial
Using Technology to Investigate and Build a Stronger Case
Publications & Related Work
"Recent Developments in the Regulation and Litigation Related to "Full Self-Driving" Tesla"
Community Involvement
Juvenile Hall Advocacy Clinic
General Relief Advocacy Program
Professional Organizations
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member, House of Delegates
Member, Commission on Women in the Profession
American Bar Association
Lackawanna Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Member, Women's Caucus
Member, Nursing Home Litigation Group
Member, Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway, and Premises Liability Sections
Pennsylvania Association for Justice
