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Attorney Tracey A. Wood , owner of Tracey Wood & Associates is an aggressive criminal defense attorney in Madison, Wisconsin. She focuses her practice on defending the rights of individuals whether they are charged with drunken driving or more severe criminal charges including murder, sex crimes in Wisconsin, federal conspiracy or seeking an expungement of a previous conviction. She is known throughout the legal community as the foremost authority on Wisconsin OWI DUI laws and has been hailed for her defenses and successful trial and case record. Ms. Wood has been pioneering new frontiers for women in law since she entered practice in 1992. She is the first attorney from Wisconsin ever appointed as a Standardized Field Sobriety Test Instructor, and first Wisconsin attorney to be appointed to the Board of Regents to the National College for DUI Defense held at Harvard Law School. She chairs the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Strike Force for the state's largest association for criminal defense lawyers and has previously served as the President of that organization. She has authored several articles on defense against drunk driving charges including Challenging Prior Under Influence Convictions, an article discussing U.S. v. Gant in the Wisconsin Law Journal, and she has contributed to the national DUI attorneys' bible by Taylor & Oberman, entitled "Drunk Driving Defense". She has also won many appeals in both the Wisconsin Appellate System (most recently City of Beloit v. Steven Herbst) and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago (i.e. U.S. v. Andres Perez).
Misrepresentation is a theft crime. Under Wisconsin laws, misrepresentation can be charged as a crime or pursued by non-criminal law suit against the person alleged to have misrepresented the facts. Wisconsin law requires proof of transfer of property Under Wisconsin laws, title to or ownership of property must transfer from the actual owner to another person or entity to prove the crime of misrepresentation. Conversely, under federal law, an actual transfer of property need not occur; rather, federal fraud charges can be brought against a person upon the mere allegation of an intent to commit a fraud. Fraud, intent and conspiracy charges are commonly found hand-in-hand in federal prosecutions, and one of the reasons for this is the ease with which federal charges can be brought without proof that property has transferred from its owner to another. Criminal misrepresentation Criminal misrepresentation occurs when a person unintentionally defrauds a property owner. Misrepresentation does not occur if the person alleged to have committed the fraud had no intent to defraud the property owner. Misrepresentation also does not occur if the defendant honestly believed the facts were as he thought, even though he was incorrect in that belief. And it does not occur if the victim would have transferred title to the property regardless of the fraud. Distinguishing misrepresentation, fraud & false pretenses Criminal misrepresentation and criminal false pretenses differ based upon the intent and belief of the person causing the transfer of property. Basically, if the intent of the person accused of fraud was to fraudulently cause property to be transferred, then the crime can be charged as false pretenses; conversely, if the fraud was unintentional, then the crime can be charged as misrepresentation. Free but professional "first-impression" analysis If you are under investigation for Misrepresentation, if you have been arrested for Misrepresentation, or if you have already been convicted for extortion and believe your conviction to be wrong or your sentence too harsh, please call (608) 350-1004 or email the Attorneys at Tracey Wood & Associates right away. An Attorney at Tracey Wood & Associates will provide you with a brief but professional free "first-impression" analysis of your appeal based on the facts that you are able to convey. You can also submit your case online or email the attorneys.
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Please take notice that although the law firm of Tracey Wood & Associates website contains a large amount of accurate and useful legal information about drunk driving, OWI, DUI, Sex Crimes, Expungement and other serious crimes, it is not intended to be used as legal advice. Only an attorney can counsel you on your specific case. Please contact the attorney at Tracey Wood & Associates immediately should you find yourself charged with a Drunk Driving in Wisconsin, a DUI (Driving Under the Influence), OWI (Operating Under the Influence) or any other serious crime in Wisconsin at (608) 350-1004. Even if your researching drunk driving laws or sex crime laws in Wisconsin, Lawyer Tracey Wood can assist you.
