James (“Jim”) Hoy is a shareholder at Maring Williams Law Office licensed in North Dakota and Minnesota. For every client who walks through our doors after a serious injury or the wrongful death of a loved one, Jim steps in to shoulder the legal burden, navigate the insurance maze, and fight for full and fair compensation so families can focus on healing. Jim takes on the challenges of catastrophic car crashes, trucking disasters, oil-field incidents, and other preventable events that affect your life.
Peers and professional reviewers alike recognize his skill and commitment to his craft. Super Lawyers, a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement, has named Jim a Great Plains “Super Lawyer” in the personal injury category every year since 2023, a distinction reserved for only five percent of attorneys in the region, after honoring him as a “Rising Star” from 2017 through 2021. In addition, Best Lawyers in America has recognized him annually since 2022 in the plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation category, including being named a “Lawyer of the Year” in 2023. Since 2024, Best Lawyers in America has also recognized him in the commercial litigation category and, since 2025, the plaintiffs’ product liability litigation category.
Jim’s track record rests on deep roots and rigorous training. The son of an attorney, Jim served as a two-year captain of the University of North Dakota men’s basketball team while earning both a business management degree and an MBA, collecting Academic All-Conference and Commissioner’s Honor Roll awards along the way. After his collegiate basketball eligibility expired, he attended the UND School of Law, serving as editor-in-chief of the North Dakota Law Review, the president of the Student Trial Lawyers Association, and competing on the moot court team. In recognition of his oral advocacy skills, he was elected to the Order of Barristers. Following law school, Jim clerked for North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Dale V. Sandstrom before joining Maring Williams Law Office.
In addition to helping injured people, Jim takes great pride in his community. He has served in numerous capacities in various legal and community organizations, including as an executive board member and a past president of the North Dakota Association for Justice, as a past chairperson of North Dakota’s Pattern Jury Instruction Commission, as the current chairperson of the North Dakota Federal Practice Committee, as a past vice-president of his church’s council, as a founder and the current president of his church’s foundation, and as the current president of Kindred Hoops, a youth basketball organization he helped create in his community.
He also coaches youth sports and serves as an assistant coach for the Kindred boys’ basketball team. In recognition of his volunteer efforts with the team, he earned a prestigious Community Service Award in 2021 from the State Bar Association of North Dakota after the team won its first boys’ basketball state championship. With Jim on the bench, Kindred won its second state championship in 2025, which is also the year he earned induction into the West Fargo High School Hall of Fame, his alma mater.
Away from the office, you will likely find Jim outdoors with his wife and their three children, coaching the next youth sports season, or reading a good book.
