Background
Sams, Robert Alan was born on October 17, 1945 in Mansfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Ross A. and G. Louise Sams.
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Robert Alan SAMS
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Robert Alan Sams, American Lawyer. Bar: Wisconsin 1970, United States District Court (eastern district) Wisconsin 1970, Florida 1981; board certified estate planning and probate attorney Florida. Recipient Denison-Vanderbilt Law Scholarship Vanderbilt University, 1967-1970, Eddie Morgan Law Scholarship Vanderbilt University, 1969-1970.
Education
Denison University (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1970). Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha.
Phi Delta Phi.
Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1969-1970.
Career
Associate, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, 1970-1977; partner, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, 1977-1981; partner, Foley & Lardner, Tampa, Florida, since 1981. Instructor cert finance planning courses American College, 1982-1983, College for Fin.Planning, 1984-1985. Adjunct Professor of Law Stetson U.
Achievements
Membership
Director Tampa Bay Estate Planning Council, 1983-1986, Suncoast Chapter Leukemia Society American, Tampa, 1984-1986, Hillsborough County Chapter American Heart Association, Tampa, 1985-1987, Indiana Day School, Tampa, 1982-1985. Service assistant, adult education teacher Village Presbyterian Church, since 1984. Member of advisory board Child Abuse Council, Inc., since 1984.
Member planned giving committee Salvation Army, since 1987, Arthritis Foundation, since 1993. Member estate planning and endowment committee University of Southern Florida Medical Center, since 1987. Member professional advisory county University of Southern Florida, since 1993.
Member of advisory board Community Foundation Greater Tampa, since 1990. Fellow American College Trust and Estate Counsel. Member American Bar Association (real property, probate and trust sections), Wisconsin Bar Association, Florida Bar Association (probate lawcom., trust law committee), Hillsborough County Bar Association (chairman circuit probate rules, education and liason committee 1986-1988), Tampa Bay Chapter International Association for Finance Planning, Inc.
(director 1983-1986), Order of Coif, Kiwanis, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Tampa.
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Married Susan M. Danielson, August 26, 1967. Children: David R, Tracey M., Daniel R.
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Political Party
Republican