Wisconsin Appeals Attorney Tracey Wood

Tracey Wood is an aggressive criminal defense attorney who represents people who are charged with breaking Wisconsin law, both at the trial level and on appeal. If you have been charged with a crime and have already been convicted, your case may not be over just yet. Depending upon the date of your conviction, you may still have time to file an appeal. Even if your appellate time has run out, attorney Wood has had great success with reopening cases and having convictions overturned and sentences reduced.

Education and Credentials

Ms. Wood holds an undergraduate degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a law degree at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. She has devoted her career to the practice of criminal law, earning a reputation as a leading authority on Wisconsin’s drunk-driving (OWI) laws. Ms. Wood is the only Wisconsin criminal defense attorney to be listed in Best Lawyers in America for appellate work. Since beginning her legal career in 1992, Ms. Wood has been at the forefront of the legal profession and has earned recognition across the state for her achievements. In the State of Wisconsin, she is the first Wisconsin attorney ever to be appointed to the Board of Regents (the Amicus Committee) to the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD), at Harvard Law School and was that Board’s first female member nationally. Ms. Wood is a former President of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and is also the first attorney in Wisconsin ever to be appointed as a Standardized Field Sobriety Test instructor. Additionally, Ms. Wood is a published author of numerous articles on criminal defense strategies, drunk-driving defense strategies, and she is a contributing author to the nationally acclaimed Drunk Driving Defense book by Lawrence E. Taylor and Steven Oberman.

Experience and Awards

Ms. Wood has won numerous awards for her dedicated representation of some of Wisconsin’s most condemned criminals. She has been recognized by Superlawyers every year since 2007, and was selected for an article highlighting her defense of individuals in Wisconsin in both its Madison and Milwaukee publications. She has been named one of  the Top 25 Women Wisconsin Super Lawyers four years in a row. She was also named to the Top 25 Madison Super Lawyers. Ms. Wood has also been recognized among her local peers as one of Madison’s Best Criminal Defense Lawyers. She is the past president of both the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. She was one of the first female attorneys recognized by Wisconsin Law Journal’s Women in the Law awards ceremony in the first year of that award.

Ms. Wood represents people charged with crimes in both state and federal court. Although she is a leading expert on DUI law, she also represents people charged with serious crimes such as murder. Additionally she is an aggressive advocate for the appellate rights of individuals who have been convicted, working to either have their conviction reversed or to obtain a new trial. She represents clients throughout the State of Wisconsin who wish to seek an appeal of a criminal conviction.

There may still be time to appeal your conviction! Call attorney Tracey Wood today or submit the facts of your case online for a consultation.