Lillian Lily Lai and Peter Francis Smith were married on Saturday, August 4 on the lawn at the Bel-Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades. The ceremony was officiated by the Honorable Paul R. Michel, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. The couple were attended by Betsy and Charlie Brady, niece and nephew of the bridegroom, as flower girl and ring bearer. A reception with dinner, dancing and fireworks followed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yee Yen Lai of Visalia, California. A graduate of the U C Berkeley, Lillian earned her J.D. from Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire. Following several years in private law practice, she is now employed by UCLA as a contracts officer. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Smith of Pacific Palisades. A graduate of Corpus Christi School, Loyola High School, and Yale University, Peter received a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School. He is a partner with Bingham McCutchen in Santa Monica. Lillian and Peter spent their honeymoon climbing Mr. Kilimanjaro followed by a week in the islands of the Republic of Seychelles. They now reside in Mar Vista.
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