1. CCUURRRRIICCUULLUUMM VVIITTAAEE
CONNIE F. DEN HOLLANDER
215 Wall Street
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7K 1M1
Telephone: 664-6900 (business)
249-1125 (home)
Facsimile: 653-4599 (business)
Email: kddlaw@sasktel.net
PROFILE
Raised and educated in Saskatoon, Connie has a strong commitment to her community. She
balances her professional life and volunteer activity with the parenting of her two children, ages
15 and 19.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS
B.A. 1985 Major in Sociology - University of Saskatchewan
LL.B. 1991 - University of Saskatchewan
Admitted to the Practice of Law in Saskatchewan, 1992
Collaborative Law Designation received March, 2002.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
KNOTT DEN HOLLANDER - PARTNER
Practising lawyer
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1998 to Present
Certified Collaborative Practitioner.
Areas of practice are family law, wills and estate planning, competency matters, estate
administration and estate disputes, estate administration, real estate and small business practice.

2. GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN - OFFICE OF THE RENTALSMAN
Contract Adjudicator - Landlord/Tenant Disputes as Deputy Rentalsman
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1996 - 2004
STEPHENS BENESH BITZ
Associate lawyer
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1992-1998
LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF SASKATCHEWAN
Summer Researcher
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1989
DASHER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC.
Office Manager
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1986 - 1988
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS,ASSOCIATIONS, PRESENTATIONS,
PUBLICATIONS, AWARDS, and VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY
LEXPERT CANADIAN LEGAL DIRECTORY – 2015 DESIGNATION AS ONE OF
CANADA’S LEADING PRACTITIONERS IN FAMILY LAW
LAW SOCIETY OF SASKATCHEWAN AND PRO BONO LAW SASKATCHEWAN –
PRO BONO SERVICE AWARD, January 2014
LAW SOCIETY OF SASKATCHEWAN - Member
Co-presenter at Bar Admissions Program on Collaborative Law
April 2013
April 2012
April 2011
Evaluator for Negotiation Module of Bar Admission Program
April 2013
CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION
CHAIR - Tax, Wills and Trust, North Section 2000 - 2002
SECRETARY - Alternate Dispute Resolution 2008-2009

3. VICE-CHAIR - Alternate Dispute Resolution 2009-2010
CHAIR – Alternate Dispute Resolution 2011- 2013
Executive Section Member-National Alternate Dispute Resolution Section 2012 – current
National Family Law/Alternate Dispute Resolution joint committee member on
Collaborative Law
Section Memberships including Elder Law, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Family, Tax,
Wills and Trusts
Presentations:
 Presentation to Elder Law Section, April 06, “Domestic Contracts and the Elderly
Client”
 Presentation to Alternate Dispute Resolution Section, November 2011, “Practice
Standards for counsel advising clients in negotiations: A Case Review of Webb v
Birkett, 2011 ABCA 13 (CanLII)
 Presentation to CBA Saskatchewan Mid-winter 2012, “Developments in Collaborative
Law Practice”
 Panel presentation to CBA Saskatchewan Mid-winter 2015, “Interdisciplinary
Collaborative Practice – The Team Model”
 Co-Presentation to CBA Professional Development Forum in March of 2012 -
Retaining Women in Law: A Sound Business Strategy, “Proprietorships, Associations,
Partnerships – What’s the Difference? An Exploration of Divergent Practice Models
 Co-Committee Chair & Moderator, National CLC 2013, National Dispute Resolution
Section Professional Development Program “ Escaping Resolution Quicksand –
Dealing with Difficult People”
LAW REFORM COMMITTEE OF CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Committee Member
Saskatoon Branch, North Section 2002 - 2004
COLLABORATIVE LAWYERS OF SASKATCHEWAN INC.
President - February 2006 - 2010
Past President – March 2010 - present
Board of Directors – 2004 – 2012, 2013 – present
Facilitator and Trainer for Initial Collaborative Trainings
Co-Presenter with Sherri Cybulski, - “New Developments in Collaborative Law”, for
Collaborative Lawyers of Saskatchewan Inc., 10th
Anniversary Workshop, March,
2011
Presenter for Teleseminar “Moving Towards Informed Consent”, December 8, 2011
Co-Presenter with Donald McIver, “Beyond Impasse – Incorporating Caucusing and The
Law to Achieve Success” for Collaborative Lawyers of Saskatchewan Inc.
Workshop, “Building and Sustaining a Collaborative Practice”, March 2012

4. INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF COLLABORATIVE PRACTITIONERS
Member since 2006
SASKATCHEWAN LEGAL EDUCATION SOCIETY INC.
Co -Presenter with Holly Ann Knott- Wills Drafting Seminar - “Where There’s A Will
There’s A Way” , May 2001
Presenter for Family Law Seminar - “Surviving Family Law”, “Collaborative Law: A
New Paradigm of Advocacy, May 2007
CANADIAN CENTRE FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL
EDUCATION/SASKATCHEWAN LEGAL EDUCATION SOCIETY INC.
Online Facilitator for 2005-2006 Bar Admission Program
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, COLLEGE OF LAW
Guest Lecturer and Facilitator: Client Centred Advocacy, Negotiation and
Collaborative Law, 2008 - 2015
Judge for American Bar Association, Regional Negotiation Competition
Judge for FMC Negotiation Competition, 2012
LEGAL AID SASKATCHEWAN, 2013 FALL FAMILY LAW SEMINAR, “Dealing
with the Difficult Family Law Client – Determining Interests and Managing
Expectations”
Presentation: “Science of the Human Brain when Emotions Run High”
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FAMILY LAW
M. Keet and C. den Hollander, Book Review: “The New Lawyer: How Settlement is
Transforming the Practice of Law, Julie Macfarlane” Vol.25, No.1, 2009
PUBLIC LEGAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Presentations to the Public in the areas of living Common Law/Single Parents, Custody,
Access; Maintenance, Wills; Estates, Duties of an Executor, Understanding Your
Mortgage, Older Adults and the Law
HOME BASED BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
Presentation to members in the areas of: Incorporation and Partnerships, Wills and
Estates

5. CLASSIC (Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City)
Legal advisor for Free Legal Clinic
October 2004 - present
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
FAMILY SERVICE SASKATOON
Chair of Board of Directors, April 2013 - present
Board of Directors – June 2011 – April 2013
TAC (“Third Avenue Centre”)
Board of Directors, May 2013 – June 2015
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS OF SASKATCHEWAN INC.
Board of Directors - Jan 2003 - May 2008
Vice Chair of the Board of Directors - May 2003 to 2007
Presenter – Lunch and Learn “ Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Directives: The
Necessity to Include in Business Planning”, Oct. 2010
SASKATOON WOMEN'S NETWORK - Member since 1998
Presenter – “Planning for Incapacity”, Sept. 2011
Presenter – “Science of the Human Brain When Emotions Run High”, March 2014
LAWSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL/LAWSON HEIGHTS
HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
Vice Chair - September 2007 - September 2008
Chair- September 2008 – September 2009
NORTH PARK CHILD CARE COOPERATIVE
Treasurer of the Board of Directors - Member at Large
President of the Board of Directors - 1998 - 1999
ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY, Board of Directors
Board of Directors 1995 - 1996
Treasurer 1996 - 1998
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN - COLLEGE OF LAW
Publicity Director for Charity Fundraiser, Legal Follies 1990 - 1991
WOMEN AND LAW
Coordinator - 1989 - 1990
NETHERLANDS CANADA SOCIETY
Social Convenor 1982 - 1984