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Obama met fellow Harvard graduate, 24- year-old old Michelle
LaVaughn Robinson, a South Shore native, while both were working
for the law firm of Sidley and Austin in 1988. Michelle, who also
holds a BA in Sociology from Princeton, was assigned as Obama’s
mentor in the firm.
A four-year courtship ensued, and they were married in the
Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in October 1992. The
ceremony was performed by Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright and the
groom’s brother, Abon’go (Roy) Malik Obama, served as his
best man. The couple has been blessed with two daughters in their
19-year marriage.
Barack and Michelle, Wedding Day
Michelle Obama started her law career as a trial attorney for the
law firm of Sidley and Austin, handling transactional and
antitrust cases, the first and last time she served as a trial
attorney. She left the firm in 1991 to become Chicago’s
Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development. Two years
later, she was appointed the Executive Director of Public Allies,
a non-profit youth leadership organization. A six-year spell as
the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of
Chicago followed. Her last professional full-time job was as the
Vice President of Community and External Affair of the University
of Chicago Hospitals, which she resigned from after Barack Obama
won the presidency in 2008. She currently sits on the board of
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a “nonpartisan
organization committed to influencing the discourse on global
issues."
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