Background
Branton, Wiley Austin was born on December 13, 1923 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. Son of Leo Andrew and Pauline (Wiley) Branton.
Branton, Wiley Austin was born on December 13, 1923 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. Son of Leo Andrew and Pauline (Wiley) Branton.
Bachelor of Science, University Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 1950. Juris Doctor, University Arkansas, 1953.
Practiced in, Pine Bluff, 1952-1962; director voter education project, Southern Regional Council, 1962-1965; special assistant to attorney general of the United States, 1965-1967; executive director, United Planning Organisation, 1967-1969; executive director, Council United Civil Rights Leadership, 1963-1965; director community and social action, Alliance for Labor Action, 1969-1971; partner, Dolphin, Branton, Stafford & Webber, Attorneys, Washington, 1971-1977; of counsel, Walker, Kaplan & Mays, Little Rock, 1971-1978; dean, School Law, Howard U., Washington, 1978-1983; counsel, Sidley & Austin, Washington, 1983-1984; partner, Sidley & Austin, Washington, 1985-1988. Board directors Columbia First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Consolidated Railway Corporation. Chairman District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission.
Board directors Africare, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Education Fund. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association (council of section on legal education and admissions to bar), National Bar Association (C. Francis Stratford award 1958), District of Columbia Bar Association (unified), Bar Association of District of Columbia (Lawyer of Year 1986), Washington Bar Association (Charles Hamilton Houston medallion 1978), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Urban League, Omega Psi Phi, Sigma Pi Phi, Phi Alpha Delta. Clubs: Mason.
Married Lucille McKee, February 1, 1948. Children: Richard, Toni Cheryl (deceased), Wylene Branton Wood, Wiley Austin, Beverly Lucille, Debra Branton Levy.