The Dallas Bar Association (DBA) hosted the inauguration of its 116th president on Jan. 25. Vicki D. Blanton, former assistant vice president of the bar and currently senior legal counsel for AT&T Inc., will lead the association as president in 2025.

Blanton has been on the bar’s board of directors for many years and has served on a variety of DBA committees and sections. She is a past chair of the J.L. Turner Legal Association Foundation Board, and a past co-chair of the record-setting 2020-2021 Equal Access to Justice campaign, which raises funds for the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program. After earning her bachelor of journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, Blanton went on to earn a Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist University School of Law, and a Certificate of Study at Georgetown University’s Executive Development Program at the London School of Economics. She is a Silver Star member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., which she pledged the Delta Xi Chapter at UT, and is now a member of the Omicron Mu Omega Graduate Chapter.