Taa Grays is vice president and associate general counsel of information governance at MetLife Legal Affairs. As the lead of information governance, Grays is responsible for the strategic management of MetLife’s global Information Governance Program. She leads a seven-person team that develops, implements and manages the information governance strategic plan.
Grays was co-chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Strategic Planning Committee, the Task Force on Racism, Social Equity and the Law, and the Task Force on Racial Injustice and Police Reform. She is a member of the Business Law, Corporate Counsel and Women in Law sections. She served as vice president of the First Judicial District on the Executive Committee and chaired the New York State Conference of Bar Leaders and the Committee on Women in the Law (now the Women in Law Section).
Grays was honored with the State Bar Association’s Diversity Trailblazer Award in 2008.
She started with MetLife in 2003 in the litigation section and served as the chief of staff to the general counsel from 2010 to 2015. Prior to MetLife, Grays was an assistant district attorney with the Bronx District Attorney’s Office in its rackets bureau for five-and-a-half years.
Grays was recognized as one of 100 Leading Women Lawyers in New York by Crain’s New York Business in 2017, a Visionary Leader in Litigation by Inside Counsel in 2016, one of the Most Influential Black Lawyers in 2015 and named Ready to Rise to become a general counsel in 2013 and 2015.
Within the legal community, the New York City Bar Association recognized Grays as a Diversity Champion in 2015.
The Metropolitan Black Bar Association acknowledged her dedication and leadership to the bar in 2010 by honoring her with its inaugural Bar Leaders of the Year Award.
Grays earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University.