A. Hillier “Dusty” Branson received his degree in management from the Georgia State University School of Business and is a 1982 graduate of the Emory University School of Law.

Mr. Branson began his legal career in 1982 at a private bank where he established and managed a trust department. After two years he entered the private practice of law with the founding of A. Hillier Branson and Associates. The practice specialized in corporate and business law as well as estate planning.

His experience also includes charitable estate planning in which he assisted non- profit organizations with formation, representation on legal and financial issues, drafting publications to clients' donors, and assisting donors' attorneys in structuring tax wise gifts for their clients. Representative clients included Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, St. Joseph's Hospital, The National Office of The Arthritis Foundation, and scores of parochial schools throughout the Country.

Mr. Branson has served as a board member of The Georgia Chapter of The Arthritis Foundation and as a volunteer to The Northern California Chapter of The Arthritis Foundation. Other activities include service as president of the local chapter of the American Heart Association; local board president of the AMC Cancer Research Institute and as board member of the Georgia Combined Health Appeal.  He is also an active member of the Emory University Alumni Association and a member of the Buckhead Business Association.

Areas of practice of the firm currently include Wills, Simple Living Trusts, Trusts to reduce estate and gift tax liability, Asset Protection Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Generation Skipping Trusts, Charitable Remainder Unitrusts and Annuity Trusts, General Powers of Attorney, Powers of Attorney for Healthcare, Probate, Estate Administration, and Post Mortem Estate Planning.

Mr. Branson has written about and spoken widely before numerous groups and organizations about Wills, Trusts, Estate Administration, Taxation, Investing, and Charitable Giving.

He is licensed to practice in all of the State and Superior Courts of Georgia, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

His Bar affiliations include the Sole Practitioner and the Real Property, Trust and Probate Section of the American Bar Association;  The Fiduciary Law Section of the Georgia Bar; The Sole Practitioner/Small Firm, The Lawyer Referral and Information Service and The Fiduciary Law Sections of the Atlanta Bar; and, the DeKalb Bar Association.