Katie Nealon

Attorney

Katie Nealon

Attorney

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (570) 893-3851

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.

Awards & Recognition

NBTA Truck Accident Law

Board-Certified in Truck Accident Law

National Board of Trial Advocacy
Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers of America

Best Lawyers, 2025
Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers: One to Watch

Best Lawyers, 2021-2024
Super Lawyers Rising Star

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star

Super Lawyers, 2017-2024

Education

  • 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

$26 Million
Truck Accident Settlement
$20 Million
Pedestrian Accident Settlement

Publications & Related Work

"Recent Developments in the Regulation and Litigation Related to "Full Self-Driving" Tesla"

American Association for Justice Community Blog
November 12, 2021

Community Involvement

Juvenile Hall Advocacy Clinic

Advocate

General Relief Advocacy Program

Advocate

Professional Organizations

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Secretary, Civil Litigation Section
Member, House of Delegates
Member, Commission on Women in the Profession

American Bar Association

Member

Lackawanna Bar Association

Member

American Association for Justice

Member, New Lawyers Division
Member, Women's Caucus
Member, Nursing Home Litigation Group
Member, Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway, and Premises Liability Sections

Pennsylvania Association for Justice

Member, Auto Law Section

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (570) 893-3851

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