Name: Leslie M. Sammis
Law Firm: Sammis Law
Firm, P.A.
Address: 1005 N.
Marion St.
Suite:
City: Tampa
State: Florida
Country: USA
Zip code: 33602-3404
Phone: 813-250-0500
Fax: 813-314-9626
E-mail: lsammis@sammislawfirm.com
Website
URL: http://www.criminaldefenseattorneytampa.com
http://www.criminaldefenseattorneytampa/practiceareas/assetseizureassetforgeiture.aspx
Qualifications
and
Credentials
State/foreign bar licenses: Florida,
1999 and Georgia, 2002
Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court? No
Federal court admissions: United
States District Court for the Middle
District of Florida; United
States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law school: University
of Florida College of Law, J.D., with Honors, May 1999
Undergrad: University
of Oklahoma, B.A., 1996
Other degrees:
n/a
Types of cases handled: forfeiture
trials; forfeiture appeals;
criminal appeals; civil cases; constitutional rights;
Experienced in these forfeiture issues: federal criminal
forfeiture;
state criminal forfeiture;
innocent owners; innocent ienholders; innocent spouses; innocent
landlords; money laundering.
Years defending forfeiture cases: six years
Number of forfeiture cases handled? About
30-40 cases involving forfeiture issues.
Published forfeiture opinions: United
States v. Padron, 527 F.3d 1156 (11th
Cir.
2007) (one of the trial attorneys and also assisted with
appeal to
the Eleventh Circuit dealing with forfeiture
money judgments in mail fraud
case).