ATLANTA, June 4, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Cassady V. ("Cass") Brewer, a Partner with Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, has been selected to chair the American Bar Association's Subcommittee on Environmental Tax Issues. The post falls within the Tax Section's Real Estate Committee.
"Cass is a phenomenal lawyer and we are very excited that he is assuming this role," said Jim Sowell, Vice Chair of the Real Estate Committee of the ABA Tax Section. "He will make a valuable contribution to dealing with the important tax issues that arise in connection with environmental contamination and clean-up."
Brewer is in Morris, Manning & Martin's Tax, Exempt Organizations, and Wealth Planning groups. He has worked closely on tax matters with a number of real estate clients, especially those with environmental tax issues and with investments by tax-exempt organizations. Atlanta magazine counts him among the state's Super Lawyers, which honors the top five percent of Georgia attorneys. Georgia Trend magazine also counts him among the state's Legal Elite. For the past two years, he has chaired the Partnerships & LLCs Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, and he frequently speaks at tax seminars, workshops and teleconferences.
"Cass has distinguished himself by representing clients varying from nonprofit organizations to developers with resorts across the U.S. and in the Caribbean," said Morris, Manning & Martin's Managing Partner Bob Saudek. "This post is a perfect match."
Morris, Manning & Martin has strong environmental and real estate groups, including some of the top brownfield attorneys in the nation. Plus, in February it launched a new group specifically to serve the legal needs of green businesses.
Brewer says his first task will be developing the subcommittee's agenda for next year. His term begins immediately.
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, (www.mmmlaw.com) enjoys national prominence for its corporate finance, securities, litigation, technology, intellectual property, real estate and real estate capital markets, environmental, insurance and healthcare practices. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham and Princeton.