Katherine Karres

Indianapolis, IN18 years experienceAdmitted 2007

About Katherine Karres

Katherine G. "Katie" Karres is an attorney at Hurst Limontes LLC in Indianapolis, focused on personal injury practice with extensive trial experience and litigation expertise. She has more than 10 years of experience representing injured Hoosiers.

Karres earned her Juris Doctor from Indiana University School of Law (Indianapolis) in 2007 and began her legal career litigating medical negligence claims. She has exclusively represented injured persons since 2011.

She has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2017 to 2022 and a Super Lawyer from 2023 to present. She was named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 and was included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

She is an active member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2024-present), the Indianapolis Bar Association, and a rotating member of the Sagamore American Inn of Courts. She has given numerous presentations on personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance coverage, and trial preparation to ITLA and other associations including the National Association of Female Executives.

Karres is active in her community and church, volunteering at Gleaners, Second Helpings, and other local charities. She volunteered for more than fifteen years in the Teen Court juvenile diversion program through Reach For Youth.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Hurst Limontes Indiana Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Hurst Limontes Indiana Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

Settlement

The estate of Monica W. Vaught, 49, reached a confidential settlement in February 2025 with the City of Greenwood, Indiana, resolving federal civil rights and wrongful death claims stemming from a March 2022 police shooting in the Greenwood police department parking lot.

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.), 2007

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Indiana, admitted 2007
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors 2024-present)
Indianapolis Bar Association
Sagamore American Inn of Courts (rotating member)

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Star (2017-2022)
Super Lawyers (2023-present)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
Best Lawyers in America (2024)

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$42.5 Million Verdict for Motorcyclist Left with Severe Brain Injury After Tesla Employee Made Illegal Turn

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.