Background
III, Thomas Broughton Branch was born on June 5, 1936 in Atlanta. Son of Thomas Broughton Junior and Alfred Iverson (Dews) B.
III, Thomas Broughton Branch was born on June 5, 1936 in Atlanta. Son of Thomas Broughton Junior and Alfred Iverson (Dews) B.
Bachelor cum laude, Washington and Lee University, 1958; Juris Doctor, Washington and Lee University, 1960.
Associate, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, 1960-1963;
partner, Greene, Buckley et al, Atlanta, 1963-1979;
partner, Wildman, Harrold, Allen, Dixon & Branch, Atlanta, 1979-1989;
partner, Branch, Pike & Ganz, Atlanta, 1990-1995;
partner, Holland & Knight, Atlanta, since 1995. Assistant professor Woodrow Wilson Law School, Atlanta, 1964-1968. Trustee Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1979-1990, trustee emeritus, since 1991.
Trustee, chairman Atlanta Lawyers Foundation, Atlanta, 1980-1981, Atlantis Aurora, Inc., 1970-1974.
Member Citizens Advisory Council on Urban Development, Atlanta, 1977. Trustee The Children's School, Inc., Atlanta, 1980-1985. Elder, clerk First Presbyn.Ch., Atlanta, 1967-1979, 81-85, 97-.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association (member judicial selection and tenure committee since 1988), American Judicial Society, Atlanta Lawyers Club (president 1976-1977), Bleckley Inn of Court (master), Defense Research Institute, Ansley Golf Club (president, board directors 1976-1987).
Married Trudi Schroetter, December 27, 1963. Children: Maria Barbara, Thomas B. IV.