Frank C. Aiello, Associate Professor

Biography

Frank C. Aiello Associate Professor B.A. Michigan State University 1998 J.D. Wayne State University Law School 2001 Contact by e-mail

Before joining Cooley, Professor Aiello was an Associate with Bodman LLP. He represented financial institutions in the structuring, negotiation, and documentation of commercial and real estate loans, including construction and end mortgage loans, working capital arrangements, acquisition and mezzanine facilities, leveraged buyout financings, and agented and syndicated transactions. He represented several banks in complex, mult-million dollar real estate transactions, involving retail, office, residential, and office projects located throughout the United States.

Professor Aiello's current research interest is effective land use and conservation techniques. He has provided hundreds of hours of pro bono legal service to land trusts in Michigan, assisting them with the acquisition of real property held for natural preservation. Professor Aiello also serves as the editor of the Michigan Model Conservation Easement, a project hosted by the Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy. He involves Cooley students, as volunteers or research assistants, in his work whenever possible. Professor Aiello also encourages Cooley students to involve themselves in matters of environmental law and policy as a faculty advisor to the Cooley Auburn Hills Environmental Law Society.

Professor Aiello sits on the Planning Commission in his home community of Springfield Township. His interest in land use issues began early when, while still a student at Michigan State University, he was appointed to the East Lansing City Council and became its youngest member at the age of 20.

Professor Aiello teaches Property Law, Secured Transactions and Land Use Planning and Zoning Law.

Bibliography

• Articles
• Presentations

Articles

Frank Aiello, Student Author, Gambling with Condemnation: An Examination of Detroit’s Use of Eminent Domain for Riverfront Casinos, 46 Wayne L. Rev. 1639 (2000).

Presentations

Frank C. Aiello, Presentation, Where to Draw the Line? – Conservation Easement Negotiation Exercise (Lansing, Michigan, Nov. 2009) (Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy Member Summit).

Frank C. Aiello, Presentation, Public/Private Partnerships for Wetland Conservation (Portland, Oregon, Oct. 2009) (Land Trust Alliance Rally 2009).

Frank C. Aiello, Presentation, Where to Draw the Line? – Conservation Easement Negotiation Exercise (Columbus, Ohio, Apr. 2009) (Land Trust Alliance Midwest Conference).

Frank C. Aiello, Presentation, Michigan Model Conservation Easement Revision Project Status Update (Lansing, Michigan, Dec. 2008) (Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy Member Summit).

Frank C. Aiello, Presentation, Land Acquisition Primer (Flint, Michigan, Jan. 2008) (Genesee County Regional Greenways Summit).

Frank C. Aiello, Facilitator, Panel Discussion on Conservation Easement Best Practices (Lansing, Michigan, Dec. 2007) (Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy Member Summit).

Frank C. Aiello, Presentation, Feels Good and Saves You Money: The Conservation Easement (Pontiac, Michigan, Oct. 2007) (Tax Section of the Oakland County Bar Association).

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