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Hadrian N. Hatfield 
Bethesda, Maryland
Partner, since 2003
phone (301) 657-8805
fax (301) 657-8815
email hhatfield@modernfamilylaw.com

HADRIAN N. HATFIELD joined the firm in 1998 and became a partner in 2003.  Washingtonian magazine has recorgnized him as one of the area's top divorce lawyers.  He concentrates his practice in family litigation and appellate practice in the courts of Maryland and District of Columbia.  Mr. Hatfield focuses part of his practice on international divorce issues.  He also has an active divorce mediation practice and is the Secretary and a founding member of the Collaborative Divorce Association, Inc.   
Year Joined Organization:
1998
Areas of Practice:
Family Law
Litigation and Appeals
Divorce Mediation
International Law
Collaborative Law
Bar Admissions:
Maryland, 1991
District of Columbia, 1985
U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1991
U.S. Supreme Court, 2005
Education:
Faculte de Droit de Nice, Nice, France
Major: International Law 1984


Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee
Juris Doctor, 1983
Law Journal: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1982 - 1983


University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas
B.A., 1980
Honors: With Honors


Published Works:
Private International Law Concepts in Divorce, American Journal of Family Law, vol. 19, No. 2, Summer, 2005


The New Rules on Access to Court Records, Family Law News, Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), Family and Juvenile Law Section Council, December, 2005


International Aspects of Divorce, MSBA Bar Bulletin, September, 2001


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Guardian Ad Litem Training, Bar Association of Montgomery County (BAMC), Maryland, November 9, 2005


UCCJEA - What a Difference an E Makes, MSBA-MICPEL Hot Tips for the Family Law Practitioner, 2005


International Divorce Issues, BAMC Family Law Section, November 17, 2004


Mediation Tools for the Custody Litigator, American Bar Association (ABA), Family Law Section, Annual Meeting CLE Conference Hot Tips Program, August 8, 2004


Program Producer, Jet-Set Divorce: Issues for a Borderless World, ABA Family Law Section, Spring 2004 CLE Conference, April 30, 2004


Program Producer, U.S. - Canada Transborder Divorce Issues, ABA Family Law Section, Fall 2003 CLE Conference


Rita Rosencrantz Basic Family Law Training, BAMC Family Law Section, 2002 and Annually, 2005 - Present


Demonstrative Evidence of Tracing, BAMC Family Law Section, May 4, 2001


Family Law Around the Beltway, D.C. Bar Family Law Section; June, 2000 and 2001


Maryland Divorce Law Seminar, Montgomery County Commission for Women, 1997 - 1999


ADR Approaches in Family Law,, Bar Association of Montgomery County (BAMC), Maryland, October 23, 2007 - Present


Wining Ways at Trial,, MSBA - MICPEL,, September 15, 2006 - Present


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Montgomery County Divorce Roundtable, 2004 - Present
Member


MSBA, Family Law Section Council, 2002 - 2005


ABA, Family Law Section, 2003
Co-Chair, International Law Committee


BAMC, Family Law Section, 1994 - Present
Co-Chair, 2001-2002


BAMC, Executive Committee, 2006 - 2008


BAMC, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee, 1997 - Present
Arbitrator


BAMC, Legal Ethics Committee, 2001 - 2004


D.C. Bar Association, Family Law Section


Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, Pendente Lite Facilitation, 1995 - Present


American Inns of Court, Montgomery County, Maryland Chapter, 2001 - 2004
Barrister


Collaborative Divorce Association Inc., 2005 - 2007
Founding Member / Secretary


Past Employment Positions:
The Lewis Law Firm, Associate, 1994 - 1998


Hyatt Legal Services, Associate and Office Manager, 1990 - 1993


United States Department of State, Office of Foreign Missions, Attorney Consultant, 1985 - 1990


Languages:
French

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