Background
Hatfield, Cecile was born on September 5, 1941 in New York, New York, United States.
Hatfield, Cecile was born on September 5, 1941 in New York, New York, United States.
University of Florida (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). University of Miami (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Admitted to the bar, 1975, Florida and United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar. 1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1977, District of Columbia.
1980 United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and Ninth Circuits. 1993, United States. Court of Claims.
Licensed Pilot and Ground School Instructor. Aviation Trial Attorney United States.
Department of Justice, 1977-1986.
Associate General Counsel Piper Aircraft Company, 1987-1988. General Counsel, The Ninety-Nines, Incorporated., International Organization of Women Pilots, 1994. Member, Editorial Advisory Board: Aviation Litigation Reporter.
Southern Methodist University Journal of Air Law and Commerce.
Author: "Representation of Air Traffic Controllers," Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1982. "Weather Related Aviation Accidents," Lawyer Pilots Bar Journal, Fall, 1984.
"Documentation for Aircraft Accident Litigation," Volume 20, Trial Magazine, August, 1984. "Nonliability of the Government for Certification of Aircraft," American Bar Association, The Forum, Winter, 1982.
"Suing the United States," American Bar Association, The Brief, Winter, Volume 15, 1986.
"Defense of the United States. in Aviation Litigation Under the Federal Tort Claims Acting," Volume 29, The Trial Lawyer"s Guide, Winter, 1986. "Factual Investigation," Chapter 2, Personal Injury Defense Techniques, Matthew Bender, 1987. "Products Liability Law Problems and the General Aviation Manufacturer," Pennsylvania
Bar Association Journal, Spring, 1988.
"The Warsaw Convention and United States. Damages Awards," Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, October, 1996.
Lecturer: American Bar Association. Lawyers Pilots Bar; Southern Methodist University.
Australian-New Zealand Bar Association.
Program Chair, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Aviation Law/Insurance Symposium, 1987, Practicing Law Institute. The Florida Bar Aviation Seminar. Pennsylvania Bar Association Products Liability Seminar.
Lloyds of London Aviation Symposium.
Member: Royal Aeronautical Society, The Ninety-Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots. Member: Dade County, Federal and American (Torts and Insurance Practice Section.
Chairman, Aviation Committee, 1984-1985. Forum Committee on Air and Space Law.
Editor in Chief, Newsletter, 1991) Bar Associations.
International Aviation Women"s Association. Florida Association of Women Lawyers. Lawyer-Pilots Bar (President-Elect and Contributing Editor).
National Transportation Safety Board Bar.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board: Aviation Litigation Reporter. Southern Methodist University Journal of Air Law and Commerce.