Kristy L. Albrecht

Kristy L. Albrecht is a shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. in Fargo, North Dakota whose practice focuses on employment, labor and benefits law, litigation, appellate work, and transportation compliance. Albrecht works with employers and motor carriers facing workplace, regulatory, and litigation issues on hiring, discipline, termination, leave laws, handbooks, wage and hour issues, discrimination claims, investigations, and DOT compliance. The practice is grounded in the specific legal and business issues reflected in those matters, with attention to the governing law, the client’s objectives, and the practical steps required to move a matter forward.

Albrecht’s education includes a J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1995, high honors, and a B.A. in Music Education/Piano Performance from Jamestown College in 1983, summa cum laude. She also clerked for Judge David R. Hansen on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit from 1995 to 1997 and served as Editor in Chief of the Iowa Law Review. This background supports careful legal analysis, research, writing, and problem solving in the matters handled in practice. It also provides context for evaluating legal risk, explaining available options, and connecting technical rules to the real-world decisions clients need to make.

Albrecht’s experience includes representing clients before state and federal agencies and courts in workers’ compensation, unemployment, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, trade secrets, wage and hour, and FMLA matters. Albrecht also advises motor carriers on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration compliance and audit issues and trains employers on employment-law policies and workplace practices. These matters have involved administrative agencies, arbitration, state and federal trial courts, and appellate courts.

Kristy L. Albrecht has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for Employment Law – Management from 2020 through 2026 and in Chambers USA for North Dakota Labor & Employment from 2005 through 2025. Albrecht’s practice combines counseling, litigation, appellate work, and regulatory advice for employers and motor carriers. Her experience helps clients address workplace decisions before disputes arise and defend employment and compliance matters when formal proceedings become necessary.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
• Member, State Bar Association of North Dakota
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Iowa State Bar Association (inactive)
• Member, Cass County Bar Association

Licensed State

• North Dakota
• Minnesota

Education

• University of Iowa College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Jamestown College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Music Education/Piano Performance

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