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 small bank for which he served as inside legal counsel, established and managed a trust department, and participated in management of the banks investment portfolio.  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, and estate planning/administration, the latter of which he practices almost exclusively today. He works with clients to help them determine the most cost efficient and effective ways to achieve their estate planning objectives and assists heirs and beneficiaries to file wills for probate, and the administration of estates and trusts. Guardianships and conservatorships are other areas of his law practice. He is a referral attorney for AARP, The Georgia and National Association of Educators, and The Atlanta Bar Association.

His practice includes charitable estate planning in which he represented non-profit organizations with formation and legal representation, drafting publications for clients’ donors, and assisted donors’ attorneys in structuring tax wise gifts for their clients. Clients have included Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, St. Joseph ’s Hospital, The National Office of The Arthritis Foundation, several arts and other cultural organizations, and numerous 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 Georgia Chapter of The Arthritis Foundation. He has also served as president of the local chapter of the American Heart Association; local board president of the AMC Cancer Research Institute, board member of the Georgia Combined Health Appeal and is an active member of the Emory University Alumni Association.  

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

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.