Wisconsin native and attorney Tracey Wood is a shareholder with the Madison criminal defense firm of Van Wagner & Wood, S.C. Tracey is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the American Bar Association (ABA), the Dane County Bar Association, and a member of the James E. Doyle Inn of Court. She is a past president of the Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, currently the president-elect of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Tracey is a Regent for the National College for DUI Defense. She is also a standardized field sobriety test instructor.

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). She is often called upon both to mentor other attorneys as well as to speak at defense seminars. 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 is a member of the Wisconsin bar. She is also 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.

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.

Areas Of Practice:

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

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
  
• Defense Seminars, Speaker
  
• Annual speaker at the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers OWI Seminar, which she is vice president of

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• James E. Doyle Inn of Court, Member
  
• State Bar of Wisconsin, Member
  
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
  
• Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, President-Elect
  
• Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Past President
  
• National College for DUI Defense, Regent
  
• American Bar Association (ABA), Member
  
• Dane County Bar Association, Member
  

Birth Information:

• June 21, 1967, Milwaukee, Wisconsin