Harris County Probation Violation Attorney
Houston criminal lawyer James Sullivan represents people charged with all kinds of misdemeanor and felony offenses, including violation of probation or a State’s motion to adjudicate guilt. He fights against the perceived perfectionism the government requires of people who find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
There are many rules that probationers are expected to follow. Many of these rules include the payment of supervisory fees and court costs. Other rules include monthly reporting to probation, attending certain classes, performing a certain number of hours of community service, etc. Obviously, it can be quite difficult for a family’s breadwinner who is working overtime to support his family to also be able to attend the classes or to perform the community service hours, etc. Sometimes, the choice comes down to losing his job or attending probation. This Catch-22 can have dire consequences–report to probation and lose your job and the family be evicted or stay at work and be considered an absconder for failing to report to probation. In these dire economic times, when millions of people cannot find work, this can be a very difficult choice. Some judges expect probationers to follow their probation to the letter, i.e. to be perfect. Perfectionism is an impossible goal.
Houston Criminal Defense Attorney James Sullivan often fights to persuade the judge to keep his clients on probation.
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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. Sullivan has a proven record of defending people from all walks of life, faiths and countries in courts throughout Texas.
Call James Sullivan at (281) 546-6428 for a confidential consultation.
