Samah Taysser Abukhodeir

Samah ("Sam") Abukhodeir was born and raised in Lake Wales, Florida. Following high school, Ms. Abukhodeir moved to Tallahassee, Florida to pursue a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology with a Minor in Arabic at The Florida State University. Ms. Abukhodeir obtained her Juris Doctor from Florida International University College of Law, where she was on the Dean's List. While in law school, Ms. Abukhodeir worked as a Graduate Assistant to Law Professor Cyra Choudhury-recipient of the Santander & Institute for Global Law & Policy Doha Collaborative Research Grant from Harvard Law School- and was a judicial intern for the Honorable Marisa Tinkler Mendez, Circuit Court Judge in the Criminal Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade, Florida and the Honorable Maria M. Korvick, Circuit Court Judge in the Probate Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade, Florida. After law school, Ms. Abukhodeir returned to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida as a staff attorney/case manager for the Honorable Maria M. Korvick, the Administrative Probate Judge. Ms. Abukhodeir practices in the areas of Estates, Trusts, Guardianships, Estate Planning, Elder Law, and Family Law. Ms.Abukhodeir is fluent in English and Arabic.