ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cassady V. Brewer, Georgia State University / Atlanta, GA
Cassady V. “Cass” Brewer is an associate professor at Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. He teaches courses in basic federal income taxation, corporate taxation, partnership taxation, the law of nonprofit organizations, and the law of social enterprise.
Professor Brewer received his LL.M. (Taxation) from New York University in 1987, where he served as graduate editor of the Tax Law Review. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Law (1986), where he was editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University (1983).
Professor Brewer researches and writes extensively on the legal and tax aspects of nonprofit organizations, business organizations, and social enterprise organizations. He is a co-author (with Elizabeth Minnigh and Robert Wexler) of “Social Enterprise by Non-Profits and Hybrid Organizations,”BNA Bloomberg T.M. #489-2nd (2018) and was a co-editor and co-author (with Dennis Young and Elizabeth Searing) of “The Social Enterprise Zoo: A Guide for Perplexed Scholars, Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, Leaders, Investors and Policymakers,” Edward Elgar (2016). Professor Brewer also is a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops concerning corporate tax, partnership tax, nonprofit, and social enterprise topics.
Prior to his academic career, Professor Brewer practiced law as a tax attorney in Atlanta for over 24 years, the last 12 of which he served as a partner and practice leader in the tax group of Morris, Manning & Martin LLP.