Hadrian N. Hatfield represents clients in litigation and appeals in the courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia.  Mr. Hatfield is fluent in French and focuses part of his work on international divorce issues.  Washingtonian Magazine, Super Lawyers, and Best Lawyers all have recognized Mr. Hatfield repeatedly as among the Maryland and District of Columbia top family law practitioners.

Mr. Hatfield represents many clients who are in mediation, and in addition is himself an accomplished mediator.  He regularly provides mediation services to the Court as a scheduling conference facilitator and as an ADR facilitator.  He also has made private mediation part of his practice for over ten years, and often co-mediates with Karen Freed, LCSW-C, BCD.  Mr. Hatfield is a member of the Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence (MPME) and the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution (MCDR).  He also is a founding member of the Collaborative Divorce Association, Inc. in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Mr. Hatfield is an active member of the American Bar Association, Family Law Section, where he co-chaired the International Law Committee in 2004 and has organized and presented continuing legal education seminars on a variety of topics to a national audience of family-law attorneys.  He also regularly teaches continuing legal education programs for the Maryland State, District of Columbia, and Montgomery County Bar Associations.

Mr. Hatfield participates in the District of Columbia Bar Family Law Section and Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), where he currently serves on the Family and Juvenile Law Section Council (also from 2002 through 2005).  Mr. Hatfield devotes substantial time to the Bar Association of Montgomery County, where he was Co-Chair of the Family Law Section during 2001-2002.  He has served on the Executive Committee (2006-2008 term) and now heads the Legislative Committee.  He is a member of the Montgomery County Divorce Roundtable (President 2008-2009), and of The Counsellors in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Hatfield has written articles for publication on a variety of family law topics, including international aspects of divorce.

Publications

• "You've Come a Long Way Baby Boomer!", Maryland Bar Journal, January/February, 2009
• "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, family and Juvenile Law Section Council, December 2005
• "International Aspects of Divorce", Maryland State Bar Association, Bar Bulletin, September, 2001

Seminars & Speaking Engagements

• ADR Approaches in Family Law, Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD, October 23, 2007
• Winning Ways at Trial, MSBA - MICPEL, September 15, 2006
• Guardian Ad Litem Training, Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD, November 9, 2005
• UCCJEA - What a Difference an E Makes, MSBA - MICPEL Hot Tips for the Family Law Practitioner, 2005
• International Divorce Issues, Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD, Family Law Section, November 17, 2004
• Mediation Tools for the Custody Litigator, American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Annual Meeting CLE Conference Hot Tips Program, August 8, 2004
• Program Producer, Jet-Set Divorce:  Issues for a Borderless World, American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Spring 2004 CLE Conference, April 30, 2004
• Program Producer, U.S. - Canada Transborder Divorce Issues, American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Fall 2003 CLE Conference
• Rita Rosenkrantz Basic Family Law Training, Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD, Family Law Section, 2002 and annually, 2005-Present
• Demonstrative Evidence of Tracing, Bar Association of Montgomery County , MD, 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