With extensive experience and ability in all areas of the firm’s practice, Tracy Brammeier’s recent focus is primarily on complex and catastrophic transportation matters. Tracy has worked on several cases involving bicyclists struck by trucks, a man who suffered a crushing injury after being run over by a forklift, and a woman who died in a boating incident on Lake Michigan.
Tracy works extensively on aviation matters and has worked on many of the firm’s commercial and private aviation incident cases involving both airplane and helicopter accidents. Among her experience, she served as the court-appointed Liaison Counsel for all of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit arising from the 2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane, which resulted in the deaths of 157 people. Clifford Law Offices represented 74 of the victims’ families. In 2025, Tracy was appointed to the Joint Discovery Committee for the litigation in Washington, D.C., arising from the midair collision over the Potomac River of American Airlines flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter, which resulted in the deaths of 67 individuals and will go to trial in 2027. Currently, Tracy works on the claims for persons who died as a result of the crash of UPS flight 2976 in Louisville. She also works on the cases against Boeing on behalf of the crew members of Alaska Airlines flight 1282, who experienced a door coming off the 737 MAX aircraft at 16,000 feet.
Notably, in 2024, Tracy obtained a $13.5 million settlement for wrongful death in a products liability case. In 2023, Tracy obtained the highest result for a dog bite injury in Illinois history, with a $4.3 million settlement in Illinois for a woman mauled by a pit bull. In 2018, Tracy was heavily involved in a case where a 22-year-old pedestrian was struck by a semi-truck, obtaining a record $35 million settlement after seven days of trial alongside Robert A. Clifford and Kevin P. Durkin. She was also part of the trial team that obtained a $21.5 million verdict after the month-long trial of two park districts for the drowning of a 6-year-old boy.
Tracy works to ensure the quality and integrity of the justice system as an investigating member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Committee. She also gives back to the community through her work with the 100 Club of Chicago, a not-for-profit organization that assists the families of police officers and firefighters throughout Cook and Lake Counties by providing a legal resource following the death of a loved one killed in the line of duty.
As a past Chair of the Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association, a section with more than 7,000 members, and a member of the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Tracy is a recognized leader in the young legal community. Her work has earned her accolades from Super Lawyers®, Leading Lawyers, Law Bulletin Media, and Law Bulletin Publishing Company. In 2020, Emerging Lawyers Magazine profiled her in an article titled “Tracy Brammeier: Building a Reputation in Transportation Injury Plaintiff’s Law” for her expertise in transportation injury law. Tracy is also a member of the International Aviation Womens Association. American Association for Justice and the American Bar Association.
Tracy graduated from Loyola University School of Law in Chicago. While in law school, she served as an Extern for the Honorable Thomas M. Durkin of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
