Metropolitan Black Bar Association President Paula Edgar presents her ‘Four Ps’
Paula T. Edgar was recently installed as president of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA) during a ceremony at Proskauer Rose LLP in Manhattan last month. At the ceremony, she talked about her mother and how her death during 9/11 not only led her to go to law school, but also had a profound impact on how she plans on running the specialty bar during her two-year term.
“She worked for a company in the South Tower and when she died, she didn’t have the proper life-planning documents in place,” Edgar said. “She had a will, but never signed it. Luckily, my father is a wonderful person who wouldn’t have taken advantage, but it was still a tough situation. It was my interaction with our lawyer, Angela Titus McEwan, that really inspired me to go to law school.”
The lesson Edgar — who was born and raised in Brooklyn — took away from the entire tragic event was simple: life is short and it’s important to have an impact in that short time.