Get to Know Hannah E. Sullivan, LLC

Hannah E. Sullivan has been practicing immigration law since September 2007.  Before opening Hannah E. Sullivan, LLC, she was a public interest attorney with a Saint Louis non-profit agency for nearly twelve years. While there, she handled a wide variety of immigration cases for hundreds of clients, including families petitioning for relatives, refugees and asylum seekers, homeless clients, immigrants facing removal, people with physical and mental health-related inadmissibility issues, and victims of domestic violence, criminal activity and human trafficking. Her experience with a diverse clientele allows her to provide compassionate and skilled legal representation to clients from all walks of life.

She currently serves as Of Counsel to Wichmer & Groneck, LLC

 

Education

• Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D. May 2007

• Vanderbilt University, B.A. English and Comparative Literature, May 2003

 

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, September 2007

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, February 2008

 

Honors and Awards

• 2016 Spirit of Justice Award – Saint Louis Bar Foundation

• Godfrey and Virginia Padberg Equal Justice Fellow, 2007-2019

 

Professional Associations and Memberships

• AILA, Missouri Kansas Chapter, 2007-present

  • Chapter Treasurer, 2012-2016

• National Immigration Project of National Lawyers Guild, member

• Vanderbilt Alumni Association, Saint Louis Chapter,

  • Community Service Chair 2011-2014,

  • CoRPS Alumni Interviewer, 2006-2013

 

Areas of Practice

• Immigration and Naturalization

• Traffic and Municipal

• Family

 

Languages

English, Spanish, and French

 

Recent Presentations
"Strategies for the Kansas City Immigration Court post Matter of A-B-," Saint Louis, MO Missouri-Kansas AILA Conference, October 29, 2018

 

"My Client Just Told Me She Got a Court Notice - What Do I Do Now?" Saint Louis, MO November 7, 2017

The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford Asylum Colloquium, April 20-21, 2017, Kansas City, Missouri 

"Intro to Removal Defense and representing immigrants for non-immigration attorneys" St. Louis, MO, MO/Kansas AILA Conference April 1, 2017
 

"Practicing at the Intersection of Immigration Law and Executive Orders,” Saint Louis, MO, February 27, 2017
 

"SIJS - Removal/Humanitarian Track" Kansas City, MO, Missouri-Kansas AILA Conference, April 2016

"Advocating for Central American Women and Children" Kansas City, MO, CLINIC Convening, 2016