Maria Z. Vathis is only the 10th woman to serve as president of the national Federal Bar Association in the organization’s 98-year history.There have been 81 men in the role.Given that disparity, Vathis wants to use her role to draw attention to the importance of providing opportunities to female attorneys and elevating qualified women to leadership positions.Vathis, who is of counsel at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, said she’s proud that Bryan Cave has two female co-chairs, Therese D. Pritchard in …