"While I am a proficient trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in cases involving civil litigation matters, my dedication is to counsel and assist my clients so that successful resolution to the disputes are realized."
Dennis Sullivan’s practice is solely dedicated to litigation and trial. His experience includes a wide range of civil litigation matters, including commercial litigation, family matters, and personal injury. He has successfully defended and prosecuted cases involving disputes in the admiralty and maritime, insurance, commercial, domestic, and construction matters. Dennis has litigated cases in all four federal districts of Texas, as well as federal and state courts in Texas, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Florida, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Illinois. He has successfully represented clients before the United States Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board’s administrative offices and proceedings, and the appeal boards arising out of those proceedings. Dennis has also appeared on numerous occasions before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as well as state courts of appeal.
Dennis has been actively involved as co and lead counsel in numerous major maritime and aviation incidents along the Texas gulf coast, as well as in Central America.
Dennis is a seasoned litigator and was selected as 2020 Litigator of the Year by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers. Dennis served as a briefing attorney to the Honorable Charles M. Bleil of the Sixth Court of Appeals from 1991-1992.
- Successful representation of a major Jones Act inland and offshore tank barge and tug company in connection with a major collision in the Port of Port Arthur, Texas, resulting in the breach of product tanks causing an environmental incident, thousands of personal injury exposure claims, along with commercial, property damage, and other assorted damage claims.
- Successful representation of a major Jones Act inland and offshore tank barge and tug company in connection with a collision in the Houston Ship Channel, resulting in the breach of product tanks causing an environmental incident with associated environmental clean up along the Texas gulf coast, thousands of personal injury exposure and loss of use/income claims, along with commercial, property damage, and other assorted damage claims.
- Successful representation of several clients arising out of a maritime incident in California arising out of a maritime allision.
- Successful representation of multiple lawsuits of a Costa Rican airline arising out of an aviation crash.
- Successful representation on numerous occasions of multiple lawsuits of a Belize airline arising out of multiple aviation incidents and crashes.
- Successful representation of Jones Act employers in numerous personal injury matters.
- Representation of a major logistics company on contractual, employment, and declaratory relief actions.
- Successful in obtaining a lifetime protective order banning internet stalking and use of social media to harass and disparage a client.
- Successful representation of a U.S. airline and airport contractor in defense of numerous personal injuries claimed to have occurred as a result of incidents involving passenger courtesy carts in airports across Texas.
- Successful representation of a major bathroom products manufacturer regarding thousands of products liability claims resulting in property damage.
- Successful representation of a client on a claim alleging contractual breaches of an insurance contract in bad faith.
- Successful representation of a trucking company in a contractual dispute regarding the use and ownership of company trucks.
- St. Mary's University School of Law, J.D., 1991
- St. Mary's University, B.B.A., 1988
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- All Texas State Courts
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Member, Houston Aviation Advisory Council
- Member, International Propeller Club Port of Houston
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- "Litigator of the Year," American Institute of Trial Lawyers, 2020
- Former Den Leader and Scoutmaster, Boy Scout Troop 1180
- Former Board Member, Houston Aviation Advisory Counsel
- Former President, International Propeller Club Port of Houston
- Charter Member, Knights of Columbus Council 12327
- Member, St. Thomas Moore Society of Galveston Houston