Jennifer Turnbull Carl and Samuel Scappaticci Brickfield were married Jan. 26 at the Metropolitan Club in Washington. Inosi Nyatta, a cousin of the bride, received permission from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to officiate.
The couple, who are both 29 and associates at law firms in New York, met at the University of Virginia, from which each received a law degree.
Mrs. Brickfield works in the investment management group at Schulte Roth & Zabel. She graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania.
She is a daughter of Joan T. Carl and Bernard J. Carl of Palm Beach, Fla. The bride’s father, a former law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall, is a retired lawyer and private equity executive who held several presidential appointments in the housing and banking sectors. Her mother is the owner of the Paris-based company D. Porthault, a maker of bedsheets, towels and other linens.
Mr. Brickfield is a litigation associate at Sullivan & Cromwell. He graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse.
He is a son of Nancy J. Scappaticci and Paul B. Brickfield of Wyckoff, N.J. The groom’s mother is a knowledge management consultant lawyer for the real estate group of Shearman & Sterling, a law firm in New York. His father is a criminal defense lawyer at Brickfield & Donahue, a law firm in River Edge, N.J.