Richard A. Hinojosa attended Weslaco High School in South Texas. He then graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Human Development and Family Science from The University of Texas at Austin in 2006. After being accepted to medical school and attending for a short period, Richard took some time off and worked at The Texas Civil Rights Project in Austin, Texas. It was there that Richard found his true calling and applied to law school. Richard received his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center in 2010. He immediately began work as an associate attorney at a prestigious labor and employment defense law firm.

Richard quickly decided to start his own law firm. He had a desire to work with clients who found themselves in difficult situations and believed that he had a good business plan to successfully launch a firm. Since its founding in 2011, Hinojosa Law, PLLC, has represented thousands of clients and settled and obtained millions of dollars for their injuries and expenses. The firm has two office locations, one in Houston and one in the Rio Grande Valley.

Richard is part of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlement, with less than 1% of U.S. lawyers as members. He has been named one of H Texas Magazine's Houston Top Lawyers every year since 2011, named a Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star every year since 2015 and has received an AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Richard has two children with his wife, Santos, who also attended the University of Texas at Austin. He strongly believes in giving back to the community, whether as a volunteer coach in baseball and soccer or through multiple scholarships for residents in his home region.