Florida Adoption Attorney Tammi J Driver Specializing in Adoption Law

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TAMMI J. DRIVER , ESQUIRE

Gift of Life Adoptions’ attorney, Tammi J. Driver, practices exclusively in the area of Adoption Law. She is admitted to the Florida Bar and the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. She is also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 13 years of experience in child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice, including significant experience in foster care and adoptions.

Ms. Driver received her Juris Doctor with Honors from the University of Florida where she was a Teaching Assistant for the Legal Research and Writing Department, and Founder and President of the Animal Law Association. She earned her Master’s degree in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Community Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, magna cum laude, from Western Kentucky University.

As an attorney, Ms. Driver began her legal career with Gulfcoast Legal Services where she practiced family law representing victims of domestic violence. She then joined the Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities as a staff attorney. Prior to joining Gift of Life Adoptions, Ms. Driver practiced as a civil litigator in the areas of personal injury, property damage subrogation, construction defects, and employment/EEOC claims.

During law school, Ms. Driver completed internships with the Unified Family Court in the Sixth Judicial Circuit and the Office of the Public Defender in the Eighth Judicial Circuit. She also spent a summer as a Florida Bar Foundation Fellow with the Guardian ad Litem Program with the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association.

Prior to earning her law degree, Ms. Driver worked as a therapist, clinical supervisor, and administrator for several mental health and child welfare agencies. She also owned her own practice, where she provided therapy to children in therapeutic foster care, educated and trained foster parents, and counseled birth parents making adoption plans.

Ms. Driver is currently a member of the Florida Adoption Council, St. Petersburg Bar Association, Clearwater Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association. She is also on the Board of Directors of a non-profit organization that provides child welfare and mental health services to children and their families.