Tianyi Xin and Christopher Joseph Griggs were married Oct. 4 at the Dallas County Justice Court in Richardson, Tex. Steven Seider, a Dallas County justice of the peace, officiated. On Oct. 6, Philip Allan, a friend of the couple, led them in the exchanging of their vows at the Crescent Court, a hotel and spa in Dallas.
The bride, 29, who is known as Tian Tian, is a third-year law student at Yale. Next fall, she is to be an associate at the law firm Arnold and Porter in Washington. She graduated from the United States Military Academy, and from 2011 to 2016, she served as an Army military intelligence officer and was last stationed at the Fort Hood in Texas.
She is the daughter of Jing Li of Frisco, Tex., and the late Dapeng Xin.
The groom, 30, works in Stamford, Conn., as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm based in New York. He also graduated from West Point, and from 2010 to 2015, he served as an engineer officer in the Army; he was also last stationed at Fort Hood. He received an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
He is a son of Tari P. Griggs and G. Michael Griggs of Evans, Ga.
The couple met in January 2015 while both working at the office of the Commanding General of Fort Hood III Corps. The bride was a speechwriter for Lt. Gen. Sean B. MacFarland, and the groom was the secretary of general staff.
