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Updated – DBA Names Alicia Hernandez New Executive Director

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By Natalie Posgate

(July 22) – The Dallas Bar Association said Friday that it has selected lawyer and longtime DBA employee Alicia Hernandez as its new executive director.

Hernandez will succeed Cathy Maher, who has served as the DBA’s executive director for more than 20 years and been with the organization for almost four decades. Hernandez will take over when Maher retires at the end of the year.

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Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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