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Different Cultures, Different Defenses

Houston attracts people from around the world, from many diverse cultures, religious backgrounds and customs. Because of these cultural misunderstandings, it sometimes happens that an immigrant finds himself in trouble for conduct that he did not know was illegal or was a serious offense.

Houston Criminal Attorney Jim Sullivan has extensive experience representing immigrants from around the world. Furthermore, he has studied and traveled in many other cultures. He graduated from Baylor University with minors in Latin American studies, Asian studies, Spanish and Japanese. He has traveled throughout Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Italy and Ireland. He is fluent in English and Spanish. He has many friends from Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and throughout Asia. His intimate knowledge of these many different cultures is a huge benefit to his many immigrant clients.

Houston Criminal Lawyers James Sullivan and Associates have defending thousands of immigrants and fellow Houstonians against governmental prosecution.

Harris County criminal lawyers James Sullivan and Associates can fight your case at a jury trial. Contact James Sullivan at (281) 546-6428 for a confidential consultation. Sullivan gets proven results in misdemeanor and felony criminal and juvenile cases in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties. Sullivan is also Board Certified in Juvenile Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

James Sullivan graduated from Baylor University in 1990 with a degree in Journalism, the ideal degree for investigating, discovering and telling winning stories in court. In 1993, Sullivan graduated from South Texas College of Law, which is nationally recognized as the top law school for trial advocacy.

James Sullivan later graduated from Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming. Founded in 1994, it is the most selective and prestigious trial advocacy program in America. The methods taught at TLC are not taught anywhere else. The 1,150 graduates form an extremely unique community of the most accomplished trial lawyers in the United States.

It is well to know something of the manners of various peoples, in order more sanely to judge our own, and that we do not think that everything against our modes is ridiculous, and against reason, as those who have seen nothing are accustomed to think. ~Rene Descartes, philosopher and mathematician (1596-1650).