He entered private practice in Los Angeles, California from 1898 to 1899.
He was in private practice in Solomonville, Arizona Territory, from 1899 to 1902.
He was an assistant district attorney for Cochise County, Arizona Territory in 1904.
He was a Judge of the Superior Court of Arizona for Cochise County from 1921 to 1931.
[1] Sames was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on January 29, 1931, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by Judge William Henry Sawtelle.