She worked as a judge in Austria for more than 30 years[1] and has served as Substitute Justice at the Austrian Constitutional Court since 1998.

Comprising 23 independent experts, the Committee monitors the implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women by State parties.

[7] In 1995 she served as legal expert and member of the Austrian Delegation at the 4th UN World Conference on Women in Beijing.

[10] In 2010, 2013 and 2014 Justice Hofmeister was a member of the Austrian delegation during the annual sessions of the UN Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) in New York.

In addition to her teaching activities on the topic of women's rights, human rights and justice at several academic institutions (e.g. University of Vienna, University of Linz, Renner Institute, Rosa Mayreder College) she has published a number of scientific papers on women's human rights and women's access to justice from a practitioner's perspective.