Mintz Levin Attorney Tracy Miner Elected to Board of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
8/25/2011
Boston, MA – Tracy A. Miner, a Member of the Litigation Practice and Chair of the White Collar Defense group of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). Ms. Miner was elected at the Association’s Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado on August 6th. She will serve a three year term.
The NACDL is the preeminent organization advancing the mission of the criminal defense bar to ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime or wrongdoing. A professional bar association founded in 1958, NACDL’s 10,000-plus direct members in 28 countries – and 90 state, provincial and local affiliate organizations totaling more than 40,000 attorneys – include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, military defense counsel, law professors and judges committed to preserving fairness and promoting a rational and humane criminal justice system.
Ms. Miner represents major corporations, financial institutions, public officials, and high-profile individuals in state and federal investigations. Her experience includes successfully defending corporations and their officers in health care fraud and environmental and defense contracting cases, as well as individuals charged with offenses such as RICO, mail fraud, extortion, securities fraud, and bribery. Ms. Miner has extensive experience litigating matters before the Office of the U.S. Attorney, Department of the Attorney General, Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, and several other state and federal regulatory agencies. She has secured acquittals for her clients in her last three federal criminal jury trials.
Ms. Miner has previously served as President of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, from which she later received the President’s Award. She also serves on the Federal Court Criminal Justice Act Panel, and is a member of the First Circuit Rules Committee. She serves on the board of advisors to the American Law Institute’s Sentencing Project and as a member of the Advisory Committee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Ms. Miner is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and the First Circuit and the District of Columbia Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Notre Dame in 1980 and her J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1985.
