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Helping You Put Your Life Back On Track After A Serious Injury

Katherine M. Sheets

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Practice Areas

  • Civil Litigation
  • Business Litigation
  • Business Formation
  • Estate Planning
  • Contract Drafting/Review
  • Guardianship
  • Estate and Trust Administration
  • Estate and Trust Litigation

Education

  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • J.D. - 05/2018
    • Honors: summa cum laude
    • Honors: Moot Court Board
    • Honors: Dean’s List
    • Honors: Graduate Certificate in Advocacy Skills
    • Honors: Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, Associate Order of the Barristers
    • Honors: Mitzi H. Martin Award - Best Advocate in the Preliminary Rounds of the Staton Moot Court Competition Award
    • Honors: Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, associate member
  • Indiana University Bloomington
    • B.S., Bachelor of Science - 2011
    • Major: Biochemistry
  • Indiana University Bloomington
    • B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    • Major: Spanish

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana

Published Works

  • Recent Developments in Indiana Tort Law, 53 Ind. L. Rev. 1029 (2021) Co-author with Paul S. Kruse and Larry Morris
  • Recent Developments in Indiana Tort Law, 52 Ind. L. Rev. 817 (2019) Co-author with Paul S. Kruse and Larry Morris
  • Recent Developments in Indiana Tort Law, 51 Ind. L. Rev. 1217 (2018) Co-author with Paul S. Kruse and Larry Morris

Classes & Seminars

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Lebanon Educational Foundation, Board of Directors

Representative Clients

Ancillary Businesses

Fraternities or Sororities

Professional Associations

  • Community Foundation of Boone County, Board of Directors – Secretary, Current
  • Boone County Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors (6 years of service), Former
  • Lebanon Educational Foundation, Board of Directors (5 years of service), Former
  • Boone County Bar Association, Member
  • Indianapolis Bar Association, Member
  • Indiana State Bar Association, Member

Representative Cases

  • Clark County REMC v. Reis, 178 N.E.3d 315 (Ind. 2021)
  • Syndicate Claim Services, Inc. v. Trimmel, 178 N.E.3d 1273 (Ind. Ct. App. 2021) (mem.)
  • Jose Olivares v. Performance Contracting Inc., et al., 255 N.E.3d 467 (Ind. Ct. App. 2025) (mem.)

Honors

  • Mitzi H. Martin Best Advocate in the Preliminary Rounds of the Staton Competition Award
  • Selected to Rising Stars: 2022 - 2026

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