Paralegal Dances with Michelle Obama at Inaugural Ball

Sergeant Elidio Guillen, a Marine paralegal and litigation support specialist, danced part of one song with the President’s wife, Michelle Obama, at the Commander-In-Chief Ball on January 20, 2009.

Sgt. Guillen said of the experience,

"It was something our family will treasure all our lives. My family has played a small part in history, at the inauguration of the nation's first African-American president."

The California native is employed by the Defense Department’s Office of the General Counsel and is an Iraq war veteran.

See McClatchy Washington Bureau.