About Casey S. Hale
Casey Hale is a partner with the Orange County, California law firm of Brown & Streza, LLP. He serves as legal counsel to private foundations, churches and religious organizations, charitable organizations, supporting organizations, and hybrid organizations advising them on the unique legal, corporate, and tax issues they face.
Casey’s representation includes, among other things, legal counsel regarding organizational governance matters, structuring and operating subsidiaries and joint ventures, international grantmaking and operations, intellectual property matters, executive compensation/intermediate sanctions (including minister compensation), unrelated business taxable income, and property tax exemption issues.
With respect to hybrid organizations, in 2009, Casey established the first L3C under Wyoming law.
In 2009 – 2012, Casey was named a “Southern California SuperLawyers-Rising Star” by Los Angeles Magazine – a distinction recognizing just 2.5% of attorneys under age 40 for excellence in the practice of law.
Casey also serves on the Board of Directors of Enlace USA. Enlace USA equips local churches in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Nepal to become leaders in their communities and to collaborate with the local community to build enduring solutions to poverty.
Casey received his undergraduate degree from Vanguard University of Southern California and attended Whittier Law School on a merit scholarship where he earned a Juris Doctorate.
Professional Background
Casey earned his J.D. from Whittier Law School. Before pursuing a law degree, he served in the United States Army as a Russian linguist.
Casey completed his undergraduate work at Vanguard University of Southern California majoring in Cultural Anthropology with a concentration in Archeology. He has worked on archeological projects in Israel at Tel Dor; in Hawai’i at Koloko-Honokahou National Historic Park and The John Young Homestead at Pu’ukohola Heiau; and in Orange County, California on Gabrieliño (Tongva) and Juaneño (Acjachemen) sites at Crystal Cove, Newport Coast, and Huntington Beach.
Casey was a Professor at Concordia University Irvine, where he developed and taught the Legal Aspects of Managing a Nonprofit Organization course as a part of the university’s undergraduate degree program in Nonprofit Leadership.
Speaking Engagements
Napa Legal Institute Nonprofit Summit, Napa, California, July 24, 2024
- Co-Presenter, Nonprofit Excellence: Governance and Fiduciary Duties
Family Enterprise USA, Live Interactive Webinar, September 13, 2023
- Co-Presenter, Philanthropic Strategies for Successful Families
The Nonprofit Partnership, Live Interactive Webinar, May 23, 2023
- Nonprofits Risk Management | Insurance and the Law
First American Trust, Santa Ana, California, May 4 and 5, 2023
- Philanthropic Strategies for Successful Families
Strafford Continuing Education Webinars Panelist, Live Interactive Webinar, January 12, 2021
- Establishing a Private Foundation and Reporting Requirements
The Nonprofit Partnership – Lunch & Learn, Long Beach, California, November 21, 2019
- Risk Management of Volunteers
Capstone Class at Cromwell School of Business, Biola University, La Mirada, California, November 19, 2019
- Starting a Nonprofit – Avoid the Landmines
Ronald Blue & Company Essential Church & Non-Profit Update, Costa Mesa, California, June 13, 2019
- Top 10 Legal and Risk Management Issues for Churches and Non-Profits
National Business Institute (NBI) Webinar, June 5, 2019
- Private Foundations: The Ultimate Guide
Fohrman & Fohrman Nonprofit Workshop Panelist, Irvine, California, January 24, 2019
- Fraud Prevention for the Nonprofit Sector: Detection and Prevention
National Business Institute (NBI) Webinar, January 16, 2019
- Religious Organization Law
Community Involvement
Nonprofit Collaborative of Southern California – Co-Founder
Orange County Nonprofit Management Forum – Co-Founder
TEGE Exempt Organizations Council – Member
Enlace USA – Board Member
State Bar of California – Member
Saddleback Valley YMCA – Previously served on Board of Managers
Saddleback Valley Pop Warner Football – Head Coach and Assistant Coach, 2011, 2008 – 2009
Mission Viejo Youth Football – Head Coach (10 and 11-year old boys), 2010
