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Wisconsin native and attorney Tracey Wood is a shareholder with the Madison criminal defense firm of Van Wagner & Wood, S.C. Attorney Wood is a member of the Board of Regents for the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD), the president elect for the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL), the Dane County Bar Association (DCBA), and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). Tracey is past president of the Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Tracey is a member of the American Bar Association and the Wisconsin State Bar, and is admitted to the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, and the U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit.

Attorney Tracey Wood is nationally known for her expertise in defending individuals accused of drunk driving. She is often consulted by attorneys located in the Madison area, across the state of Wisconsin, and in other states across the nation for her expertise in drunk driving law, prior convictions, and building successful defenses. She is often called upon to mentor new attorneys and to speak at defense seminars. Attorney Tracey Wood was the first attorney to ever be certified as a Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) Instructor.

She was a contributing author to "Drunk Driving Defense", by Lawrence Taylor and Stephen Oberman, author of numerous articles including "Challenging Prior Operating While Intoxicated Convictions (published in Wisconsin Defender, a special trade journal for criminal defense law), and is currently co-authoring a new book entitled, "Wisconsin DUI Defense - The Law and Practice", with Attorney James Nesci, which will be available in 2007.

Attorney Wood is also known for her expertise in defending individuals accused of other federal and state crimes such as sexual assault and theft. Attorney Tracey Wood successfully litigated United States v. Andrez Perez, 50 F. 3d 396 7th cir. (1995). Tracey's most famous trial win to date was in the federal Fort McCoy military vehicle theft case which received national media coverage and even received a nod from Jay Leno on the Tonight Show.

Tracey earned her J.D. at the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, Wisconsin in 1992. She graduated with a B.A. at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1988. In addition to traffic violations and drunk driving cases, she handles all types of criminal defense cases at every stage in both state and Federal courts.

To contact Attorney Tracey Wood for a free initial consultation regarding your case, please call or E-mail Tracey.

Areas of Practice:

Criminal Defense (State, Federal, Felony, Misdemeanor)
Disorderly Conduct, Domestic Battery
Drug Crimes
Drunk Driving - OWI (DUI, DWI)
Federal & State Charges, Trial, Appeals
Homicide, Manslaughter, Murder, Negligent Homicide, Vehicular Homicide
Property Crimes
Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault / Battery
Stalking
White Collar Crimes, Fraud, Theft, Embezzlement

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Wisconsin, 1993
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1993
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1993

Representative Cases:

United States v. Andres Perez, 50 F.3d 396 (7th cir. 1995)
Wisconsin State Court of Appeals, State of Wisconsin v. Eller
  185 Wis.2d 917, 520 N.W.2d 291 (Ct. App. 1994) Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Education:

University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, 1992
J.D.

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1988
B.A.

Classes/Seminars Taught:

  • Speaker, Defense Seminars
  • Annual Speaker, Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers OWI Seminar
  • Instructor, Standardized Field Sobriety Test

Honors and Awards:

Madison's Best Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2005
Madison's Best Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2003
Madison's Best Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association (ABA)
Member

Dane County Bar Association
Member

Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Past President

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member

National College for DUI Defense
Regent

State Bar of Wisconsin
Member

Wisconsin Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers
President Elect

Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member, Board of Directors

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