TESTIMONIALS
On September 22, 2017, I was accused of assault family violence. I was shocked, traumatized and had just lost my career as a K-9 security guard. I am also an Army veteran that served a tour in Afghanistan. I searched for Attorneys and found James Sullivan and Nancy Botts and realized then they would be the ones I would trust to prove my innocence and get me through this rough patch in my life.
When I went to their office and gave them all the information on what exactly happened, they told me not to worry and that they had it handled. We went through the Court system for a little over a year, not due to lack of work on James’ or Nancy's behalf but because of Hurricane Harvey. We got rescheduled quite a few times and James always made it a point to make sure I was notified of when the next date was and what exactly was going on. I felt comfortable calling him and texting him when something was changing or when I needed information.
We finally got a trial date and it lasted 2 full days between the State and our defense witnesses. From the start, during jury selection, James frustrated the State because they were breaking the rules. He strongly objected twice, and the judge ordered them to change their Power Point slides and presentation.
During the State’s case, James and Nancy took turns skillfully questioning their witnesses. They were able to show through major discrepancies between the 911 calls, the investigating officer and the complainant that the complainant and another state witness conspired to lie about what happened, claiming that they were the victims when in fact the complainant was the aggressor. Nancy even called to the stand a prosecutor who had spoken with the complainant about two months after the incident. The story the complainant told the prosecutor was even different from the original story to 911 and the officer.
The questions and statements made by these two were prepared, smart and very composed. The third day we went for the decision on guilty or not guilty. James made a passionate closing argument, and the jury deliberated for just a few minutes before coming out with a decision. NOT GUILTY! James and Nancy had proved my innocence, showed the state, the judge, jury and visitors in the courtroom that I was innocent. It was over, finally! I was very proud of the decision I had made to hire James Sullivan and Nancy Botts to defend me. I would recommend 100% to anyone with an assault family violence case to hire this law firm.
THANK YOU JAMES AND NANCY!
When I went to their office and gave them all the information on what exactly happened, they told me not to worry and that they had it handled. We went through the Court system for a little over a year, not due to lack of work on James’ or Nancy's behalf but because of Hurricane Harvey. We got rescheduled quite a few times and James always made it a point to make sure I was notified of when the next date was and what exactly was going on. I felt comfortable calling him and texting him when something was changing or when I needed information.
We finally got a trial date and it lasted 2 full days between the State and our defense witnesses. From the start, during jury selection, James frustrated the State because they were breaking the rules. He strongly objected twice, and the judge ordered them to change their Power Point slides and presentation.
During the State’s case, James and Nancy took turns skillfully questioning their witnesses. They were able to show through major discrepancies between the 911 calls, the investigating officer and the complainant that the complainant and another state witness conspired to lie about what happened, claiming that they were the victims when in fact the complainant was the aggressor. Nancy even called to the stand a prosecutor who had spoken with the complainant about two months after the incident. The story the complainant told the prosecutor was even different from the original story to 911 and the officer.
The questions and statements made by these two were prepared, smart and very composed. The third day we went for the decision on guilty or not guilty. James made a passionate closing argument, and the jury deliberated for just a few minutes before coming out with a decision. NOT GUILTY! James and Nancy had proved my innocence, showed the state, the judge, jury and visitors in the courtroom that I was innocent. It was over, finally! I was very proud of the decision I had made to hire James Sullivan and Nancy Botts to defend me. I would recommend 100% to anyone with an assault family violence case to hire this law firm.
THANK YOU JAMES AND NANCY!
~Logan Ellard (Google review)
From start to finish it was an amazing experience with Jim Sullivan. He took care of me and my family like we were his own. He was always prompt with any action needed in my case. I was wrongfully accused of aggravated assault of a family member and Jim worked hard to get my case dismissed.
My wife suffers from anxiety and the meds she took made her susceptible to negative influence. After hurricane Harvey we made the mistake of letting one of her sisters and her children stay with us. If I had known she was a homewrecker and had already destroyed several other marriages, I never would have allowed it. Like they say, no good deed goes unpunished.
I learned later that my wife and her siblings were all traumatized as children when their drunken father threatened to shoot them if they called the police after he had abused their mother. All of the kids grew up with nightmares of that event. It affected them differently and each one dealt with or didn’t deal with it differently. My wife had recently begun having recurring nightmares of it.
It wasn’t long after my wife’s sister moved in that she began to cause problems in my own marriage. I asked her to leave, but my wife wouldn’t allow it for the sake of her kids, so I briefly left the house. Before I got back, my wife texted me not to return, and so I stayed away. What I didn’t know was that soon after that my wife had shared the nightmare with her sister, and her sister took advantage of her weak state and convinced her that the nightmare was real and that it was I that I had threatened her with a gun, not her father. Her sister had the police called out and they told this false story.
I didn’t know this until I found out there was a warrant out for my arrest several days later. I also found out that my wife had taken over my cell phone account and had my phone shut off, and so I didn’t know that the police were trying to reach me to get my side of the story. I was forced to borrow money to hire a lawyer and then pay for a bond. Because of the false charges, my business almost went under and I was in dire straits for a long time.
Jim Sullivan spent many months fighting my case. He was always in court on time with all the documentation needed during the case. He became more like a friend then an attorney because he had my back. Early on, my wife’s ex-husband and her sister even lied to the DA to try to get my bond revoked, but because of Jim's great relationship with the court he kept that from happening. The judges trust him. He's a good man and a great attorney. I feel very blessed to of had him in my corner. If it wasn't for him I don't think this case would've been dismissed. I really appreciate everything he's done for me and my family and he will be my attorney for as long as he is practicing law. Thank you for everything you've done for us Jim, I don't know where I'd be without you brother.
My wife suffers from anxiety and the meds she took made her susceptible to negative influence. After hurricane Harvey we made the mistake of letting one of her sisters and her children stay with us. If I had known she was a homewrecker and had already destroyed several other marriages, I never would have allowed it. Like they say, no good deed goes unpunished.
I learned later that my wife and her siblings were all traumatized as children when their drunken father threatened to shoot them if they called the police after he had abused their mother. All of the kids grew up with nightmares of that event. It affected them differently and each one dealt with or didn’t deal with it differently. My wife had recently begun having recurring nightmares of it.
It wasn’t long after my wife’s sister moved in that she began to cause problems in my own marriage. I asked her to leave, but my wife wouldn’t allow it for the sake of her kids, so I briefly left the house. Before I got back, my wife texted me not to return, and so I stayed away. What I didn’t know was that soon after that my wife had shared the nightmare with her sister, and her sister took advantage of her weak state and convinced her that the nightmare was real and that it was I that I had threatened her with a gun, not her father. Her sister had the police called out and they told this false story.
I didn’t know this until I found out there was a warrant out for my arrest several days later. I also found out that my wife had taken over my cell phone account and had my phone shut off, and so I didn’t know that the police were trying to reach me to get my side of the story. I was forced to borrow money to hire a lawyer and then pay for a bond. Because of the false charges, my business almost went under and I was in dire straits for a long time.
Jim Sullivan spent many months fighting my case. He was always in court on time with all the documentation needed during the case. He became more like a friend then an attorney because he had my back. Early on, my wife’s ex-husband and her sister even lied to the DA to try to get my bond revoked, but because of Jim's great relationship with the court he kept that from happening. The judges trust him. He's a good man and a great attorney. I feel very blessed to of had him in my corner. If it wasn't for him I don't think this case would've been dismissed. I really appreciate everything he's done for me and my family and he will be my attorney for as long as he is practicing law. Thank you for everything you've done for us Jim, I don't know where I'd be without you brother.
~Jeremy Bryan (Google review)
If you are reading this review there is a good chance that you are in a similar position that i was in [Felony domestic violence] a few months ago because of a mistake you made or didnt make. Panicked, scared confused not knowing what attorney to hire, so you go to google to look for the best attorney to handle your case and you look for the best reviews.
Jim Sullivan is a lawyer that
cares. He is willing to put himself and
his career on the line for justice and he works hard for what is right. Last
year, he represented me in a case in which I was wrongly charged with
Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon (a very serious felony). Jim Sullivan was able to prove in trial to a
jury that I acted in self-defense. Jim spent
several months and countless hours on my case. Most lawyers never go to trial.
Even though the State offered me deferred adjudication probation, Mr. Sullivan
advised me not to take it and to insist on a jury trial. During trial, the State was clearly
frustrated by Mr. Sullivan's skillful ability in cross-examining the State's
witnesses and portraying what the case was really about--that I had the right
to use a gun to defend myself against what I reasonably believed to be two men
trying to rob me in a dark parking lot outside a club. By the close of evidence, the State felt so
bad about their case that they strongly argued that the jury should have the
right to find me guilty of a misdemeanor assault, but it didn't matter. The jury reached the right verdict and found
me not guilty. The false
accusations were then expunged and my record was once again clean. My family and I were very fortunate and
blessed to have such a good attorney on our side and we now consider him a good
friend. I served in the military for 10
years, including a combat tour in Iraq.
To fellow Veterans: Jim is a true patriot and definitely the attorney
you want serving beside you.
~Jeremy P., Houston, TX
Man oh man what can i say this man blessed me got the prosecutor to drop a family violence case from a felony habitual down to a class A misdemeanor deferred. Couldnt have asked for a more understandable nd hard working lawyer as jim always on time at court nd makes sure you know what nd how the case is goin .jim if your readin this i just wanna say thank you man THANK YOU i could of been incarcerated but thanks to you i didnt get close to sein any of that 🤘🏼💯💯 THANK YOU
~Ivan Rodriguez (Google review)
I want to thank Attorney Jim
Sullivan for helping me with my case. I had a probation violation on an Assault
Family Violence case in Criminal District Court which resulted in jail time.
Mr. Sullivan represented me and, even though my probation officer recommended
revocation, he managed to get the Motion to Adjudicate Guilt dismissed on the
first setting and I was released from jail later that night.
The terms of my probation
included that I not have contact with my wife until completion of my BIPP
counseling sessions which were for 18 weeks. My probation officer claimed that
I violated my probation by returning to my house and that was false. Mr.
Sullivan interviewed my mother and my wife about what really happened and then
proved to the prosecutors and the probation department representative that I
did not break the rules and that I should be released back to probation so that
I could keep my job to provide for my children.
He thoroughly prepared for the
first court setting and I am very grateful for him for going above and beyond
in helping my case and would recommend him to anyone who needs not only an
experienced criminal defense attorney but also an attorney who treats you like
a real friend. So, with that being said, thank you Jim Sullivan for an
outstanding job.
We hired Attorney Jim Sullivan
to represent our 39 year old son who was charged with Aggravated Assault Family
Violence in Harris County [Houston]. Our son suffers from schizoaffective
disorder. He was not on his medication when he got into an argument with his
wife and seriously injured her with a knife [stabbed her in the arm and back].
Attorney Jim Sullivan was the second attorney to represent our son in this
difficult case where the prosecution only offered prison time. Sullivan
believed that our son's only hope for probation was to ask the Judge to decide
punishment in a PSI hearing. The complainant insisted on testifying during the
hearing. Sullivan skillfully cross-examined her and got her to admit that she
cheated on our son during their relationship, got pregnant by another man and
led our son to believe that the child was his. Soon after the birth, our son
learned through DNA testing that he was not the biological father, however he
still chose to raise the child, love him and treat him like his own son. After
hearing all of the evidence, the Judge gave our son deferred adjudication so
that he could get on with his life. We are very grateful for what Attorney Jim
Sullivan did for our family.
~N.T., Houston, Texas (Yahoo Directory Review)
Jim Sullivan saved my
life. I had never been in trouble before. I am a single mom with three kids. A neighbor’s boy, an 11 year old bully, beat
up my 9 year old son. My 10 year old son
then went outside and gave the bully a black eye. The bully ran home and told his momma that I
had hit him. His momma came over and
attacked me. The next day that woman
called the police and I got arrested for a felony, Injury to a Child. I spent 2 weeks in jail for something I didn’t
do before my momma got enough money together to pay the bondsman. Before Jim Sullivan defended me, I was
afraid. I thought the best I could get was probation. I just don’t trust the law. I’ve seen too many people go to trial, lose
and get a lot of prison time. But Jim
believed in me. When we first went to
court, Jim told me the government was offering me deferred adjudication on the
felony, but he said that I shouldn’t take it. Jim told me he would fight my case all the way
to trial and that there was no way he was gonna let me plead guilty when I was
innocent. Over the next few months, he
worked on my case. He came to my
neighborhood and spent many hours talking to witnesses. On my first trial setting, Jim told me that
the government was now offering me a better deal--deferred adjudication on a
misdemeanor assault, but Jim told me that I should not take it because I was
not guilty of that either. He was sure
he would win my case at trial and I believed him. Over 6 months, we went to
court 10 different times. Finally, on my third trial setting, the government
dismissed my case! I thank God that Jim
was my attorney. He truly cared about me
and my family. I cannot thank him
enough. Because of him, I still have a
clean record and I can still work to support my kids.
~D. Shepherd, Houston, Texas
I recommend Jim Sullivan to anyone who needs brilliant legal
representation. In a legal jungle, Jim is a lion. Never intimidated, Jim
courageously defended my rights and freedoms and we won. My cases
[Indecency with a Child] were difficult
and complicated, but Jim handled everything with cool, calm competence. I was
facing up to 20 years of incarceration for false accusations, so the stakes
were high. Jim came through for me. [Both felony cases in Montgomery county
were dismissed on the second trial setting]
~T.P., Houston, TX
