About
DUSTIN W. HIGHTOWER grew up in Carroll County, Georgia wherein he graduated from Central High School (“CHS”) in 2000. While attending CHS, Dusty lettered in football, wrestling, and baseball. During Dusty’s senior yr he served as captain of CHS’s football crew alongside with his cousin Brian Maxwell (now a mechanical engineer at Southwire), and fellow classmate Josh Hubbard. Dusty additionally obtained the respect of representing his elegance as Homecoming King and Mr. CHS his senior 12 months.
Upon graduating from CHS, Dusty attended the University of West Georgia (“UWG”) in which he graduated cum laude. During Dusty’s time at UWG he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity, Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honors Society, Order of Omega Honors Society, University Ambassadors, Student Activities Council, Student Government Association, and the Inter Fraternity Council. Dusty specially loved the time that he served as President of Recruitment for the Inter Fraternity Council due to the fact he turned into allowed to plot the Greek recruitment method for UWG, and talk at orientation sessions on the significance of networking and how fraternities can assist members in setting up a solid networking foundation. Aside from his multiple on campus commitments Dusty controlled to continuously make his grades a top precedence. Dusty regularly made the National Deans List, turned into named an Ingram Scholar, and received the Spark’s Memorial medal (Chi Phi’s highest GPA award) three out of the 4 years he changed into in college. Dusty continues to be dedicated to UWG by way of currently serving on UWG’s National Alumni Association.
Shortly after graduating from UWG Dusty decided to attended regulation college. Dusty obtained his Doctor of Jurisprudence from John Marshall Law School of Atlanta. While in law college, Dusty was selected to serve as Notes and Comments Editor on John Marshall’s inaugural regulation review journal, John Marshall Law Journal. Dusty become venerated by way of having his comment, Student Searches and Seizures: Georgia’s Current Approach and Recommended Change, chosen as one out of most effective four pupil pieces to be posted. While in law faculty, Dusty changed into also a member of the American Constitutional Society and the Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity.
Dusty did no longer handiest have a look at the regulation at the same time as in law college, he additionally determined approaches to exercise the regulation in his network. Under the Third Year Practice Act and the Graduate Act, Dusty returned to Carrollton and practiced law as a prosecutor beside Carroll County Solicitor Mr. Jimmy Tuggle. During his time in the Carroll County Solicitor’s Office, Dusty prosecuted DUI, robbery, easy battery, and quite a few different crook cases.
Dusty additionally became a licensed mediator even as in regulation college. Dusty positioned his mediation competencies to paintings thru an internship with the Fulton County Landlord/Tenant Program. During his time in this software, Dusty became able to mediate over 75 landlord/tenant disputes.
Dusty has now again to his native land vicinity to practice law. Dusty is a hardworking, honest, dedicated, and pushed individual a good way to work with no end in sight to offer you with the felony representation which you deserve. Dusty focuses most of his work on criminal protection in which he is capable of practice what he found out inside the prosecutor’s workplace in a manner that is useful to his clients.
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- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- DUI & DWI
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- Junior Partner
Miller & Hightower
2008
Educations
Graduation year: 2005
Graduation year: 2000
