Attorney Profile:
R. Evan Bassett, Esq.
R. Evan Bassett is a trial
attorney with over ten years of experience practicing in the State
of Florida. Mr. Bassett's experience includes handling cases in both
State and Federal Court. He is licensed to practice in all State
Courts of Florida, and the United States District Court, Middle
District of Florida. Mr. Bassett is a member of the Florida Bar
Association, the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and the St.
Pete Bar Association. Primarily, Mr. Bassett handles cases in the
counties of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, Manatee and
Sarasota.
Mr. Bassett is a fifth generation Floridian. He attended high school
at Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa and has lived in the Tampa
Bay Area all of his life.
Mr. Bassett attended Furman University where he obtained his
Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Spanish, and with minors in
Political Science and Communications. While at Furman, Mr. Bassett
was invited for membership in the Phi Sigma Iota International
Foreign Language Honor Society, and the Sigma Delta Pi National
Hispanic Honor Society.
Evan attended the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University
where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree. While at Cumberland, Mr.
Bassett was a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America
National Trial Team. He also received a Certificate of Achievement
and was named a Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow for legal research and
writing.
Mr. Bassett began his practice as an Assistant State Attorney in
Imperial Polk County for the Tenth Judicial Circuit. While a
prosecutor, Evan tried numerous jury trials for crimes ranging from
petit theft to second degree murder.
For the past seven years plus, Mr. Bassett's civil litigation and
trial experience includes nursing home, medical malpractice,
insurance defense, subrogation, business litigation, premises
liability, property damage, automobile liability, bodily injury and
uninsured/underinsured motorist liability, Personal Injury
Protection, serious personal injury and wrongful death.
