John S. Richbourg graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Memphis , Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 1974. While in law school he was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa Men’s Honorary Leadership Fraternity, served as president of Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity, was named to Who’s Who among American College and University Students, and was a member of the National Moot Court Team. He has recently been named to Who’s Who among American Attorneys. As a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, and the Memphis Bar Association, he is active in the Community Legal Center’s Immigrant Justice Program, an organization that provides pro bono legal representation to poor immigrants. 

Mr. Richbourg is the author of Security and Liberty: The Yin and Yang of Immigration Law, an article appearing in the Spring 2003 issue of the University of Memphis Law Review, and the State of Tennessee has certified him as a Civil Trial Specialist.  The principal emphases of his practice are the areas of relief from removal and federal litigation and appeals. He is married to Cathy Carloss Richbourg, a first grade teacher with the Memphis City Schools, and has two daughters, Leslie Herington, a Certified Public Accountant, and Ashby Scott, an attorney, and three grandchildren.  Mr. Richbourg can be reached by email at jrichbourg@visalaw.com.