ABOUT DEBORAH

Attorney Deborah Rose Tracy is admitted to practice in the state of Florida and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.  She has practiced in the Tampa Bay area since 1996. She concentrates in the areas of real estate transactions and litigations; corporate organization, governance and litigation; commercial financing transactions; general commercial litigation; estate planning; trust administration and probates.   Deborah started her legal career with a local community bank and then served as an associate for several years in one of Plant City’s oldest law firms; and, while there served as the Vice President (1999) and Secretary (1998) of the Plant City Bar Association.  Deborah left private practice for a period to work as a corporate counsel for Washington Mutual Finance Corporation where she was awarded Team Member of the Month and twice appointed to its Circle of Excellence.  In 2003 she returned to private practice opening the current firm. Deborah graduated with a BS in Biology from the University of South Florida where she was admitted with distinction and a member of the USF Honors Program, Golden Key National Honor Society and USF Alumni Scholars Club.  Deborah was also awarded the USF Honor Student Award for 1991-92 and named to the Dean’s List multiple times. She received her juris doctorate from Florida State University College of Law in 1995, graduating magna cum laude.  At FSU she was a general member of the Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law and served as a Writing Competition Committee Member; a general member and the '94-95 Recruitment Committee Chair for Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, and a general member of the Student Bar Association.  In addition to graduating magna cum laude, Deborah received book awards (representing the highest grade in the class) in Family Law and Federal Securities Litigation courses.