Area of Practice: General Civil Litigation including Death and Serious Bodily Injury, Construction Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Fraud and Concealment Litigation,  Insurance Bad Faith issues, Business and Employment Litigation.>

Richard South was born in  >Dallas, Texas, September 17, 1955  and admitted to the Texas Bar in 1985, Texas. While working as an Austin Police Officer,  South attended  St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. He received his  B.A. degree in December 1981. South left the Austin Police Department in early 1982 to attend the University of Texas  Law School. He received his J.D. degree  with honors in  December 1984.

South joined Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder in March 1985 as a trial attorney. He joined with the ten partners and 17 other associates from the Austin office of Stubbeman, et al. to form  Bankston, Wright & Greenhill in September 1985. 

South was elected to shareholder in 1990 and has represented Wright & Greenhill, P.C.  clients in over 50 jury trials in state and federal courts. South  is Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Personal Injury Trial Law. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) which is an invitation only organization comprised of distinguished trial attorneys.

South is admitted to practice in the  U. S. Supreme Court; U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U. S. District Court, Western and Southern Districts of Texas. He is a member of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. As a police officer, South was a Certified Instructor, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Training and Education. He graduated from the Austin Police Academy in 1976 and served the City of Austin from 1976 until 1982.