Mary A. Daffin is a partner in the law firm of Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel, L.L.P.  The Firm provides services to mortgage banks on residential defaults from the collection and demand phase through the asset disposition and claims phase.  Mrs. Daffin is a frequent speaker/author at conferences and seminars throughout the United States on bankruptcy law.

EDUCATION
B.S., Summa cum laude, Alabama State University
J.D., Cum laude, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Partner, Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel, L.L.P. – 1990 to Present
Shareholder, Mary A. Daffin, P.C. 1982 to Present
Assistant United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, for the Southern District of Texas -1978 to1982
Law Clerk to the Honorable John R. Brown, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 1976 to 1977
Adjunct Professor of Law, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University 
         1983-86   
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
Board of Trustees, USFN (America’s Mortgage Banking Attorneys) -1999 to 2005
Vice-President Consumer Division, Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Associate Member, National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees (NACTT)
Licensed to practice as Attorney and Counselor at Law in all of the Courts of the State of Texas in May, 1975
Admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court; the United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; and the United States District Court for
      the Southern District of Texas, the Northern District, the Western District, and the Eastern District

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Mrs. Daffin spends a considerable amount of time giving back to the community.  She has served on the Board of Trustees of the Star of Hope, a homeless shelter in Houston, and the Board of Trustees of The Salvation Army.  She currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas and The Methodist Hospital Research Institute.  She chairs the Governance Committee of The Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center and the Quality Committee of The Methodist Hospital. She served eight years on the nine member Judicial Council of The United Methodist Church.