Tracey C. Hinson

Tracey C. Hinson joined the firm after six years as a Deputy Attorney General (DAG) with the Office of the Attorney General in the Tort Litigation and General Education Sections. Tracey has significant experience representing clients before State, Appellate, Federal and Administrative Courts. She focuses on representing injured parties with serious injuries and catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, medical malpractice, automobile accidents, unsafe premises, defective products, professional negligence, employment discrimination and civil rights violation. She has significant experience litigating claims against public entities pursuant to Title 59 on behalf of injured parties.

As a former DAG, Tracey defended the State, its agencies and employees before Federal, State, and Administrative Courts in a variety of personal injury cases brought pursuant to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (Title 59). These cases included train accidents, automobile accidents, wrongful death actions, survival actions, and slip and falls on public property. Tracey also defended the State against claims of false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, neglect and abuse, claims brought pursuant to the Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA), and civil rights violation claims brought pursuant to the United States Constitution and the New Jersey Civil Rights Act. Tracey defended the interests of the Commissioner of Education and the State Board of Education in education related matters such as the Abbott v. Burke litigation and teachers' license revocation proceedings. Tracey brings her insight into litigation from a defense perspective to the firm.

Tracey clerked for the Honorable Dennis J. Braithwaite, NJ Superior Court - Appellate Division, Atlantic City, and was a judicial intern for the Honorable Ronald Hedges, U. S. Magistrate, Newark.

A member of the New Jersey Bar since 2002, Tracey serves as a civil arbitrator for the Mercer County Superior Court. She was appointed to serve on the Supreme Court of New Jersey, District Free Arbitration Committee for Middlesex County.