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Matthew T. Hallett, Regulatory Analyst

Rutgers University School of Law
Juris Doctor, 2006

Eötvös Loránd School University, School of Law
Certificate, Central European Legal Systems, 2004

The University of Georgia
Bachelor of Arts, History, 2003

Mr. Hallett provides regulatory drafting support to a nation currently developing its civil aviation regulations.  This includes summarizing and analyzing pertinent data from such sources as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and best crafting a final product for the client.

Mr. Hallett supported law firm work for a variety of individual clients and major association clients.  A major portion of Mr. Hallett’s work was outlining and conveying the nexus between legislative actions and resulting regulations.  His duties ranged from research on specific regulations to advocating broad policy initiatives.  Individual client work primarily focused on compliance with the FAA, while association work branched into other areas, for example, surface transportation infrastructure.  Topics of focus included repair station security measures, use of foreign repair stations, the importance of the U.S.‑European Union (EU) commercial aviation market, and the implementation of Safety Management Systems (SMS).

Mr. Hallett developed a request to EASA to clarify human factors training requirements for U.S.‑based repair stations.  This request specified how to achieve and/or maintain EASA Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 145 certification.

Mr. Hallett worked closely with representatives from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop and publish the proposed security rule for part 145 certificated repair stations.  This included presentations on the rule’s potential impact to the Aviation and Homeland Security roundtables at the Small Business Administration, and to the Aerospace Working Group at the U.S. Department of Commerce.  Upon the publication of the proposed rule, Mr. Hallett helped prepare and edit comments to the docket on behalf of the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA).

Mr. Hallett represented ARSA at the 2009 Europe/U.S. International Aviation Safety Conference in Athens, Greece.  The conference featured dialogue between FAA and EASA representatives on regulatory harmonization between the entities.