Susham Mahendra Modi

Susham Mahendra Modi is an accomplished immigration attorney and the founder of The Modi Law Firm in Houston, Texas. Devoting his legal career exclusively to the practice of immigration and nationality law, Mr. Modi handles an array of complex matters, including removal defense before immigration courts, appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), immigration-related federal court litigation, and humanitarian relief such as asylum and U visas for crime victims.

In addition to leading his private practice, Mr. Modi serves as an Adjunct Professor and Clinical Supervising Attorney at the University of Houston Law Center’s Immigration Clinic. In this role, he mentors and trains upper-level law students while co-teaching asylum and refugee law. Prior to his academic appointment in Houston, he served as an Attorney Advocate at Harvard Law School’s Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, where he supervised student caseloads and contributed to appellate advocacy before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned his Juris Doctor from the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, where he received the D. Arthur Magaziner Human Services Award and the Miller Center Public Interest Certification, and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Deeply dedicated to public service, Mr. Modi combines thorough scholarly expertise with passionate, client-centered advocacy. Whether defending individuals facing deportation or guiding families through complex immigration applications, he is committed to providing strategic, compassionate, and unwavering legal counsel.