Overview

Tracey A. Werner is a partner and shareholder at Maire, Powell & Werner, whose practice focuses on defending public entities and law enforcement in civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. §1983, as well as general tort liability and premises liability matters.

Ms. Werner graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, with a major in History and a minor in Law and Society, where she participated in Mock Trial, the Phi Alpha Theta Academic Honors Fraternity, and the Sigma Kappa Sorority. She earned her Juris Doctor from Cal Northern School of Law in Chico, California, graduating as Salutatorian and earning a Witkin Award in both Torts and Contracts. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, she worked at a general practice firm handling estate planning, family law, workers’ compensation, and civil litigation involving contract, business, and real property disputes.

Professional Involvement

Ms. Werner is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice in the Eastern and Northern District federal courts, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. She is a member of the ADCNCN, FBA, ADTA, and the California Force Instructors Association, and she served on the Board of the Shasta-Trinity Counties Bar Association from 2018 to 2023, including two years as President.

A graduate of Leadership Redding, the Redding Police Department Citizen Academy, and the Redding Fire Department Citizen Academy, Ms. Werner has been a member of the DRI Young Lawyer Steering Committee since 2022 and currently serves as the Young Lawyer Liaison to the Government Liability Substantive Law Committee. She has presented for DRI on e-discovery and defending municipalities in Monell claims, and for Trindel Insurance Fund on the Heck Doctrine and PC 69/148 convictions.