Claire Catherine Pires and Katherine Bogas Rhodes were married April 6 at Popp Fountain at the Arbor Room, an events space in New Orleans. Brian Koncius, a cousin of Ms. Rhodes who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated.
Ms. Pires (right), 28, is a senior account executive at MWWPR, a public relations firm in New York. She graduated from the University of Southern California and received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia.
She is the daughter of Sheila A. Pires and Alexander John Pires Jr., both of Washington. She is also the stepdaughter of Katherine Lazear, who is now married to Sheila Pires, and Diane Cooley, who is now married to Mr. Pires Jr. Ms. Pires’s father is a partner in Pires Cooley, a Washington law firm, and is also the chief executive and chairman of the Board of Community Bank Delaware. Her mother is the founding partner of the Human Service Collaborative of Washington, a policy and technical assistance group specializing in child and family service systems.
Ms. Rhodes, 35, is a partner in Epstein, Becker & Green, a New York law firm, where she specializes in labor and employment law. She graduated from the University of Chicago and received a law degree, magna cum laude, from Tulane University.
She is the daughter of Kathleen L. Bogas and Frank K. Rhodes III of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Ms. Rhodes’s father is the owner and founding partner of a law firm bearing his name in Southfield, Mich. Her mother is a lawyer and founding partner of Bogas & Koncius, a law firm in Bingham Farms, Mich., and she also serves as a co-chairwoman of the Michigan Judicial Qualifications Committee.
The couple met on OkCupid in December 2013, and had their first date at a wine bar in New York.
