Mark McCarthy Sexton and William Kirk Wallace were married Sept. 15 at a private residence in San Francisco. Matthew Coles, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated.
The couple, both retired tax lawyers, met at the University of Chicago, from which each received a law degree. Each also graduated from Yale and each received a master of laws in taxation from N.Y.U.
Mr. Sexton, 59, most recently served as the senior vice president for tax at Revlon, the cosmetics company, in New York. He served as a board chair of the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund from 2006 to 2008, and again from 2011 to 2015.
He is a son of Marie Sexton and Mark Sexton of Williamsburg, Va. His mother retired as vice president for external relations at the New York Botanical Garden. His father retired as the owner of a publishing consulting business that was based in Pelham, N.Y.
Mr. Wallace, 57, is a retired tax partner in Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, the New York law firm.
He is the son of Barbara Wallace and William L. Wallace of Chapel Hill, N.C. His mother retired as a manager of several medical practice offices in the Washington area. His father retired as a senior systems analyst at the National Geographic Society in Washington.
