David Patton and Alyson St. Pierre have joined Wooden McLaughlin as associates at the Indianapolis-based law firm. Both will practice in the area of litigation.

A recently admitted member of the Indiana Bar, Patton is an honors graduate of the Emory University School of Law. A merit scholarship recipient, he also was named to the Dean’s List. He was the Notes & Comments Editor of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal and published a Comment in the Journal’s most recent issue titled, “Bankruptcy Courts Authority under § 505.” He received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University.

St. Pierre is a graduate of the IU Maurer School of Law and admitted to the Indiana Bar. During law school, she served as Articles Editor for the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies. Her note, “America’s Past-time and the Art of Diplomacy,” was published in the recent issue, 25 Ind. J. Global Legal Stud. 797.  As an undergraduate at Indiana University, she received highest honors from the History Department and a general honors notation from Hutton Honors College.