Stratford, Tracy K.

Born and raised on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City, Attorney Stone graduated from the High School of Music & Art. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Clark University in 1975, and his legal education from Northeastern University, where he was awarded a Juris Doctorate Degree in 1984.

During his entire professional career Mr. Stone has concentrated his practice in the area of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (1985), the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1985), the First Circuit Court of Appeals (1991), and the U.S. Supreme Court (1988).

Mr. Stone is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Worcester County Bar Association. He co-chaired the Worcester County Bar Association's Bankruptcy Court Committee from September, 1993 through August, 1996, and served two terms on the Bar Association's Executive Committee from September, 1996 through August, 2000.

He has lectured for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Programs, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Lorman Education Services, the Worcester County Bar Association, the Massachusetts Fair Housing Center, and the United Way of Massachusetts.

Mr. Stone's civic activities include active participation in the Worcester County Chapter, ACLU of Massachusetts (President, October 1993 to September 1997, Board of Directors, October 1991 to December 1998); and Worcester Common Ground, Inc., (President, January 1996 to January 1999; Vice President, January 1995 to January 1996; Director, January 1994 to date).

He served on the Princeton Board of Health from 1995-1998, and recently served as a member of the Affordable Housing Sub-committee of Princeton's Master Plan Committee.

He has served as a Trustee of the Worcester Friends Meeting (Quaker) since 2002, and served as Clerk of the Trustees from January, 2009 through January, 2010. Attorney Stone was appointed to the Permanent Board of the New England Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) in August, 2009.