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. She has been named a Best Lawyer in America since 2025 and was named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list from 2021-2024. She has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2017 to 2024 and a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in 2026. She was selected for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Bar Leadership Institute Class of 2017-2018. In 2022, she was named to the Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal’s Top 20 Under 40 list.
Katie was recently named the chair of the Civil Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
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.
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.
Awards & Recognition
Board-Certified in Truck Accident Law
Board Certified in Truck Accident Law
Best Lawyers of America
Best Lawyers: One to Watch
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star
Education
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Whittier Law School
Juris Doctor, summa cum laude
2013 -
Wilkes University
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude
2010
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Notable Settlements & Verdicts
Publications & Related Work
"Using Technology to Investigate Truck Crashes"
"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
Former Secretary, Civil Litigation Section
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
