Hadrian N. Hatfield

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, including co-mediation 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.