May 19, 2009
JIM LEWIS ANNOUNCES HIS
CANDIDACY FOR FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL
Jim Lewis, 51, of Fort
Lauderdale, has filed his intentions to seek the
Office of Florida Attorney General in the 2010
election. Lewis will seek the Republican
nomination. He is a 40 year resident of Florida,
a graduate of Orlando Edgewater High School
(1975) and the University of Central Florida,
B.A. Public Administration and Criminal Justice
(1978). Lewis is also a graduate of Stetson
University College of Law, (1980), admitted to
the Florida Bar in 1981, and a trial lawyer for
28 years.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1981-1985 Assistant State
Attorney, Orlando, Florida
1985-1986 Office of the
Governor, Tallahassee, Florida, Special
Prosecutor to the Statewide Grand Jury or
Florida
1987-1992 Office of Florida
Attorney General. Assistant Statewide
Prosecutor, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1990-present Adjunct Professor
of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida
1993-present Law Offices of
James S. Lewis and Associates, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida
COURT ADMISSIONS
Florida Bar May 1991
United States Supreme Court
March 1985
United States District Court
July 1988
Southern District of Florida
Middle District of Florida June
1982
United States Court of Appeals
September 1983
Eleventh Circuit
