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About Katie Piscione

Katie Piscione serves as a senior associate attorney at Waldron Tate Land LLC, specializing in a diverse range of legal areas such as personal injury, medical malpractice, constitutional violations, real estate, and business. She handles cases in both state and federal courts, demonstrating her proficiency by successfully litigating cases through jury verdicts in both venues. Among her most notable successes, Katie served as counsel, along with Ann Marie Waldron and Brandon Tate, in a case involving a client who suffered catastrophic injuries from an accident caused by a drunk driver that left their client a quadriplegic. They were able to secure a jury verdict of $159 Million, which stands as the largest reported Jury Verdict in Indiana history. In addition, she has handled numerous other claims in which she recovered substantial settlements and verdicts for her clients.

In 2025, Katie, along with Ann Marie Waldron and Brandon Tate of Waldron Tate Land LLC, were named Trial Lawyers of the Year by the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. Educationally, Katie graduated with honors, magna cum laude, earning a B.A. from Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana. Subsequently, she obtained her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. During her time at Loyola, Katie was recognized for her outstanding performance by receiving the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Writing I and Legal Writing II, which is bestowed upon the highest-scoring student.

In her second year, she contributed as a member of the 2020 Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot court team, making it to the round of 16 out of over 400 participating teams. In her third year, she assumed the position of Executive Editor of Illinois Articles for the Loyola Law Review. In 2025, Katie was selected to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an invitation-only organization requiring members to demonstrate significant litigation experience including at least 10 civil jury trials. With licenses to practice law in both Indiana and Illinois, Katie provides comprehensive legal support to clients within these jurisdictions.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$159,000,000 ($84,000,000 to Sherry Schnee plus $75,000,000 to her husband for loss of consortium)Verdict

On October 18, 2020 Ryann Early, drunk and doing about 79 mph in a 40 zone, crossed into oncoming traffic on Albert S. White Drive in Whitestown and hit Sherry Schnee head-on. She broke her neck and is quadriplegic. He went to prison. On January 11, 2024 a Boone County jury awarded her $84,000,000 and her husband $75,000,000. Early is an individual with no insurer identified, and his own lawyer said afterward he wished there were actual dollars behind the number.

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

Practice areas

Education

Loyola University Chicago School of Law
J.D.
Saint Mary's College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Indiana
State Bar of Illinois

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