Attorney
Sammis Law Firm, P.A.
Tampa, Florida, 33602
Leslie M. Sammis is a criminal defense attorney at Sammis Law Firm in Tampa, FL.
As a lifetime member of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the Hillsborough County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (HCACDL), Ms. Sammis enjoys networking with other attorneys fighting similar battles in the courtroom.
For more than ten (10) years, Ms. Sammis has been a proud member of the NORML National Legal Committee (NLC) focused on the reform of marijuana laws. During that time, she has attended several of the annual NLC seminars in Aspen and Key West.
Gaining valuable insight into the criminal justice process, Ms. Sammis completed internships with the State Attorney’s Office prosecuting felony offenses, the United States Attorney’s Office in Tampa assisting federal prosecutors, and a federal judicial internship with the Honorable Henry Lee Adams, Jr., United States District Judge, for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division.
Ms. Sammis’ passion for trial advocacy led her to the Public Defender’s Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida where she gained valuable jury trial experience while representing individuals in misdemeanor, juvenile, and felony divisions.
After two years as an Assistant Public Defender, Leslie Sammis entered private practice. After entering private practice, she worked for five years as an associate attorney at Head, Thomas, Webb, and Willis, a criminal defense law firm in Atlanta, GA. After returning to Tampa, she worked for two years at Escobar, Ramirez & Associates, P.A., where she focused exclusively on criminal defense.
In 2008, she and her husband founded the Sammis Law Firm, P.A. Over the past ten years, the firm has grown to four attorneys who each focus on criminal and DUI defense.
