Constance N. Hofland

Constance Hofland is a partner with Zuger Kirmis & Smith.  She focuses her practice primarily in business representation, with an emphasis on employment law.  Connie represents employers on a number of human resource issues including discrimination and harassment, wage and hour claims, employment practices, employment manuals, and hiring and termination.  She also serves as counsel for public entities, such as the North Dakota Real Estate Commission.

Prior to joining the firm, Connie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice Gerald W. VandeWalle of the North Dakota Supreme Court.  She received her law degree with distinction from University of North Dakota School of Law, and was elected to the Order of the Coif for academic achievement.  Connie received her undergraduate degree in biology from the University of North Dakota and a Master of Science degree from the University of Minnesota.  Prior to law school, Hofland worked for General Mills, Inc. in Minneapolis and as the International Marketing Director for the National Sunflower Association.

Originally from Newburg, North Dakota, Hofland now lives just a few miles north of Bismarck with her husband, Craig Johnson.  Connie helps coach the speech team at Shiloh School and she enjoys traveling, skiing, golfing poorly, and cooking for a crowd.

Areas Of Practice:
Labor and Employment Law
Administrative Law and Regulated Industries
Government Relations, Legislative and Regulatory

Education:
University of North Dakota, B.S. (magna cum laude)
University of Minnesota M.S.
University of North Dakota, J.D. (with distinction)

Admitted To Practice:
North Dakota State Courts

Significant Activities:
Order of the Coif
Case Comment Editor, North Dakota Law Review

Law Clerk:
North Dakota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Gerald W. VandeWalle

Member:
American Bar Association
State Bar Association of North Dakota
Big Muddy Bar Association
Judge Bruce M. VanSickle American Inn of Court
Nutrition Marketing Specialist, General Mills, Inc., 1982-88
Director of Marketing, National Sunflower Association, 1988-97

Author:
Constitution Law - First Amendment - Freedom of Speech:The National Endowment
for the Arts Can Require Consideration of "Decency and Respect" in Funding
Decisions Without Abridging Freedom of Speech - National Endowment for the
Arts v. Finley, 118 S.Ct. 2168 (1998), 75 N.D.L.Rev.4 (1999)

Email: chofland@zkslaw.com

Phone:  701.223.2711

Fax:  701.223.7387

Address:
PO Box 1695
316 North Fifth Street
Bismarck, ND 58502-1695