Katie Montenegro
Attorney
- 312-600-5349
- katiem@loevy.com
Biography
Katie Montenegro joined Loevy & Loevy as an attorney in 2024. Katie’s practice focuses on civil rights violations arising from wrongful prosecutions across the country.
Prior to joining Loevy & Loevy, Katie co-founded a criminal defense practice where she litigated state post-conviction, federal habeas, and federal clemency cases. She has published in the areas of post-conviction litigation and the criminalization of gang membership.
Katie graduated with honors from DePaul University College of Law. During law school, she worked in the Center for Justice in Capital Cases and clerked at both the Cook County and Federal Public Defender offices.
Outside of her litigation work, Katie is the author of a children’s book series promoting self-esteem in kids and proud Chicagoan.
Bar Admissions
- State of Illinois, 2012
- Northern District of Illinois, 2012
- Southern District of Indiana, 2024
- Northern District of Indiana, 2024
Education + Honors
DePaul University College of Law, 2012
- J.D.
- Summa cum laude
- Certificate in Criminal Law
- Staff, DePaul Law Review
- CALI Awards: Legal Writing I, II & III, Tort Law, Criminal Procedure, Pre-Trial Criminal Litigation, Advanced Criminal Procedure
- Dean’s Merit Scholarship; Public Service Award for the Schiller, Ducanto & Fleck Family Law Center, Cudahy Foundation Fellow
DePaul University, 2009
- B.A. (Political Science)
- Summa cum laude
- Outstanding Student Award of the Political Science Department
Our Impact
Loevy + Loevy has won more multi-million dollar verdicts than perhaps any other law firm in the country over the past decade. Our willingness to take hard cases to trial, and win them, has yielded a nationally recognized reputation for success in the courtroom.
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We take on the nation’s most difficult public interest cases, advocating in and outside the courtroom to secure justice for our clients and to hold officials, governments, and corporations accountable.
