The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports….
The Metropolitan Black Bar Association announced on Wednesday that Anta Cisse-Green has taken over as its new president for a two-year term.
Cisse-Green is associate general counsel at NYU Langone Medical Center and a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and NYU School of Law. Prior to working at the NYU Langone Medical Center, she was senior counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in the firm’s private client services section.
“The Metropolitan Black Bar Association is more important now than it has ever been,” Cisse-Green said. “We are a collective of Black community members who happen to be lawyers in all areas of government, law firms, in-house and solo practitioners.”
Known for her pro bono work in the legal community, Cisse-Green has been a member of the MBBA since 2005 and was president-elect for two years under president Jason Clark and vice president of programs for three years under presidents Taa Grays and Paula Edgar. She has also served over the last two years as the leader of the MBBA’s Pro Bono Initiatives during the 2018-2020 term.
As president of the MBBA, she said that she plans on working closely with the officers and directors to revise and implement a five-year plan that will help the Association achieve its mission of advancing equality, aid the progress of people of color in the legal profession, address the legal issues facing the local community and foster the study of law and professional development of young lawyers and law school students.
