About Tracey A. Wood

Wisconsin native and attorney Tracey Wood is a shareholder with the Madison criminal defense firm of Van Wagner & Wood, S.C. Tracey is Wisconsin's first ever attorney to serve as a Board of Regent member to the National College for DUI Defense. Attorney Wood is president-elect of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL), and a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) with which she serves on the DUI committee and is frequently invited to speak at drunk driving defense seminars. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Bar, the American Bar Association (ABA), and the Dane County Bar Association (DCBA). Tracey is past president of the Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. She is admitted to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin and Western District of Wisconsin, and the U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit.

Tracey is known for her expertise in defending individuals accused of drunk driving and other federal and state crimes. She 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 court.

Law Firm:

            Partner
            Van Wagner & Wood, S.C.
            10 East Doty Street, Suite 701
            Madison, WI 53703
            http://www.vanwagnerwood.com
           

Areas Of Practice:

• Criminal Defense (State & Federal Cases)
• Drunk Driving Cases (OWI, DUI, DWI)
• Drug Crimes
• Fraud, Theft, Embezzlement & other White Collar Crimes
• Homicide, Manslaughter, Negligent Homicide, Vehicular Homicide
• Sexual Offenses
• Traffic Violations, Citations, Infractions

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

Education:

• University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, 1992
  J.D.
• Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1988
  B.A.

Representative Cases:

• United States v. Andres Perez, 50 F.3d 396 (7th cir. 1995)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Standardized Field Sobriety Test, Instructor
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, frequent guest speaker, drunk driving defense seminars
• Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, annual speaker at drunk driving defense seminars

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• State Bar of Wisconsin
  Member
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  Member
• Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  Vice President
• Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
  Past President
• American Bar Association (ABA)
  Member
• Dane County Bar Association
  Member
• National College of DUI Defense
  Board of Regents member