Allyson Breeden is a litigator who represents healthcare providers, school corporations, public entities, businesses, and individuals in complex disputes and sensitive family law matters. Her practice focuses on healthcare litigation and regulatory matters, general litigation matters, education law, and family law, with experience before administrative agencies and in state and federal courts. Clients turn to her for practical counsel, steady judgment, and strategies designed to manage risk, resolve disputes efficiently, and protect long-term interests.
She defends medical malpractice, professional liability, and bodily injury claims and advises healthcare providers on licensure, compliance, and risk management issues. She also counsels school corporations and education leaders on student discipline, special education matters—including IDEA compliance and dispute resolution—employment issues, governance, policy development, public records, and regulatory compliance, and represents them in administrative proceedings and litigation. In addition, she maintains an active family law practice that includes adoption, guardianship, divorce, and related matters, guiding clients through significant personal transitions with practical, client-centered advice.
Before joining Stoll Keenon Ogden in 2022, Allyson practiced for 18 years at Ziemer Stayman Weitzel & Shoulders, where she represented healthcare providers, school corporations, and public entities in complex litigation and administrative matters. She is an Adoption Fellow of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys and has facilitated hundreds of adoptions in contested and uncontested proceedings. She also represents CASA in matters involving abused and neglected children and writes and speaks on school law and special education issues, including presentations for the Indiana School Board Association and the Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education.
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2001, J.D., cum laude
University of Southern Indiana, 1998, B.S.
Indiana
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
Indiana State Bar Association
Evansville Bar Association
American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, Fellow
Indiana Council of School Attorneys
National School Board Association’s Council of School Attorneys
Volunteer Lawyer Program Award for 50 hours of Pro Bono Services; 2010, 2014
Susan K. Helfrich Excellence in Pro Bono Service Award, 2009
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