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The Modi Law Firm: A Harvard-Trained Attorney Who Now Teaches the Next Generation at UH’s Immigration Clinic

Before moving to Houston, Susham Modi worked as an Attorney Advocate at Harvard Law School’s Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, supervising Harvard law students who created “know-your-rights” materials for undocumented students. He has since brought that same teaching role to the University of Houston Law Center’s Immigration Clinic, where he supervises upper-level students on real asylum, removal-defense, and federal immigration litigation cases as an Adjunct Professor.

At a Glance

Origin and Background

Susham Modi earned a B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Texas at Arlington and a J.D. from Penn State, where as a law student he worked in Penn State’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights clinic and on complex immigration matters at Holland & Knight’s Community Services Team. Before relocating to Houston, he served as an Attorney Advocate at Harvard Law School’s Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, working on asylum cases, deportation defense, and family-based petitions. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification for Modi and discloses that absence directly; his credentials instead center on this clinical and academic training record.

Practice Concentration

The Modi Law Firm focuses exclusively on immigration law — citizenship, green cards, work visas, asylum, deportation defense, and appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals. See this Houston Immigration directory for how this Harvard- and UH-clinic-trained practice compares to other Harris County immigration firms. The firm serves clients from diverse Houston communities and offers services in Spanish, Arabic, and Gujarati.

Track Record

As is typical for an immigration practice, the firm does not publish a table of case outcomes with dollar figures, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify one. What is independently verifiable is Modi’s clinical litigation experience at both Harvard and the University of Houston, his Best Lawyers in America recognition, and his 2026 Super Lawyers selection specifically for immigration law.

Client Voice

Avvo and Yelp reviews specifically describe successful outcomes in deportation-defense motions to administrative closure and conditional-visa removal without an interview, with staff member Sofie specifically praised for detailed case-record keeping and frequent client updates. One reviewer described switching to Modi after a previous attorney “could not solve my case.” Awesome Attorneys did not identify a pattern of negative or unresolved reviews warranting disclosure for this firm.

Beyond the Courtroom

Modi’s ongoing role as Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston Law Center’s Immigration Clinic, supervising students on federal immigration litigation and asylum cases, is a substantial, documented contribution to legal education distinct from his private practice. He is a frequent speaker to groups including the Galveston County Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Association, Rice University’s Immigration Law & Policy course, AILA’s Houston Chapter, and USCIS’s Houston Asylum Office, and his commentary has appeared on Fox News, the Houston Chronicle, KPRC 2, NPR, and Telemundo.

Recognition for This Houston Immigration Attorney

Awesome Attorneys did not identify Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification for Susham Modi and does not apply “specialist” language on that basis. His recognition instead rests on inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, a 2026 Super Lawyers selection for immigration law, and his sustained academic appointments at Harvard and the University of Houston — credentials distinct from board certification but substantial in their own right.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Immigration law is federally governed, so Texas attorneys in this practice area work primarily before USCIS, the immigration courts (EOIR), and the Board of Immigration Appeals rather than Texas state courts. Motions for administrative closure, a documented outcome in this firm’s case history, temporarily pause removal proceedings without formally terminating them, a procedural tool distinct from winning a case outright on the merits. None of this is legal advice; a specific immigration matter should be evaluated by a licensed attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

The Modi Law Firm’s clearest, most checkable differentiator is Susham Modi’s rare combination of Harvard Law School clinical training and an ongoing University of Houston Immigration Clinic teaching role, paired with Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers recognition. The honest trade-off: Awesome Attorneys did not identify TBLS board certification for Modi, and this research found no published case-results table to independently benchmark outcomes. For a Harris County client seeking an academically grounded, multilingual immigration practice with documented deportation-defense and asylum litigation experience, this firm is a well-credentialed, checkable option.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from The Modi Law Firm’s official website (themodilawfirm.com), including its attorney biography pages, Susham Modi’s Super Lawyers and Avvo attorney profiles, and the firm’s Yelp review page.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by The Modi Law Firm, PLLC prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.