Mr. Cassady Vaughn Brewer

Georgia State University College of Law

Cassady V. “Cass” Brewer, Professor of Law, teaches Basic Federal Income Taxation, Nonprofit Organizations, Taxation of Business Organizations, Corporate Taxation, Partnership Taxation, and the Law of Social Enterprise. Brewer’s research and speaking engagements generally focus on federal income taxation. Brewer also writes and speaks on the legal and tax aspects of the intersection of tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations with for-profit enterprises and commercial activity (a/k/a “social enterprise”). Further, from 2021-2023, Brewer served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Brewer received his LL.M. (Taxation) from New York University, where he served as a graduate editor of the Tax Law Review. Brewer received his J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University.

Brewer co-founded the Nonprofit Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and is a past co-chair of the Section. Brewer recently served on the Legislative Proposals Committee of the Section which updated and modernized Georgia’s Nonprofit Corporations Code. Further, Brewer previously served on the Georgia Business Law Section’s drafting committee for the Georgia Limited Liability Company and Limited Liability Partnership Acts.

Brewer is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and previously was a partner and practice leader in the Tax Group of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia.