Jason D. Sammis
Shareholder
Sammis Law Firm, P.A.
1005 North Marion Street
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: (813) 250-0500
Fax: (813) 314-9626
E-mail: jsammis@sammislawfirm.com
Jason D. Sammis is a shareholder with the Sammis Law Firm in Tampa, Florida. Focusing on criminal defense allows Jason the opportunity to concentrate on the most recent changes in the criminal and DUI defense. He represents clients charged with DUI, and other serious driving offenses, as well as drug offenses such as the cultivation of marijuana and drug trafficking offenses.
Jason is admitted to the state bars of Florida and Georgia, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle District of Georgia, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit.
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Jason obtained his Juris Doctorate degree at the University of Florida College of Law in Gainesville, Florida, in 1999.
While at the University of Florida College of Law, Jason D. Sammis was a member of the prestigious Florida Law Review. Jason was also elected the Vice-Chair and then Chair of the Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Board.
Jason is a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), and the NORML Legal Committee.
Bar Admissions:
- Florida, 1999
- Georgia, 2002
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2003
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2003
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1999
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2000
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2005
Education:
- University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, J.D. in 1999
- Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Board, 1998-1999
- Law Review: Florida Law Review, 1997 – 1999
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, B.A., Major: English
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Board, 1999, Chair
- Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Board, 1998, Vice-Chair for Intermurals
- Phi Delta Phi – Cardozo Inn of Court, 1997
Past Employment Positions:
- Cruser & Mitchell, LLP, Partner, 2006-2009
- Cruser & Mitchell, LLP, Associate Attorney, 2003 – 2006
- Jackson Lewis LLP, Associate Attorney, 2001 – 2003
- Coffman Coleman Andrews & Grogan, Associate Attorney, 1999 – 2001