Natalie Ann-Marie Minev and John Joseph Atallah were married Nov. 2 at Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. The Rev. Mark Pritchett, a minister of the American Christian Trust, performed the ceremony.
Mrs. Atallah, 33, is a staff lawyer in the housing and communities work group at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. She graduated summa cum laude from Loyola Marymount University and received a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
She is the daughter of Teresita C. Minev and Vladimir E. Minev of Las Vegas. The bride’s father retired as a professor of mathematics at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. Her mother retired as a microbiologist in the pathology laboratory at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas.
Mr. Atallah, 31, is a commercial litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Foley & Lardner, a law firm. He graduated with high honors from the University of California, Riverside, and received a law degree from Columbia.
He is a son of Leila J. Atallah and Joseph H. Atallah of Garden Grove, Calif. The groom’s mother retired as a preschool teacher for Fairmont Private Schools, which is based in Anaheim, Calif. His father retired as a professor of economics at Irvine Valley College in Irvine, Calif.
The couple met in 2014 through a mutual friend over brunch at a Los Angeles restaurant.
