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Gregory M. Stein

Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter Distinguished Professor of Law
A.B., 1983, Harvard University
J.D., 1986, Columbia University

Land Acquisition and Development, Land Finance Law, Land Use Law, Law and Economics, Property, and Advanced Property

gstein@utk.edu

Professor Stein joined the UT faculty in 1990 after practicing law in New York. His practice experience covered various aspects of real estate finance and development and land use, and he currently teaches courses in these areas. His recent scholarship in these fields has been published in the Ohio State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Washington, and Washington & Lee law journals. He also is the co-author of a book that helps attorneys develop their expertise in commercial real estate law.

Professor Stein is vice-chair of the Legal Education Committee of the ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, a member of the ABA Property Preservation Task Force, and has served on the Executive Advisory Board of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal. He regularly speaks on various aspects of real estate law. Professor Stein received the Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2003, the Harold C. Warner Outstanding Teacher Award in 1992 and 2001, and the Carden Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship in 2001. He served as the Visiting Fulbright Professor of Law at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, during the spring semester of 2003 and returned to Shanghai as a Fulbright Senior Specialist during the summer of 2005.

AALS Section on Real Estate Transactions -- View Photos from Field Trip to World Trade Center

Publications

       Book:

Stein, Gregory M., Morton P. Fisher, Jr., & Gail M. Stern, A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS (American Bar Association, 2001).

       Chapters:

The House That Ruth Built, in COURTING THE YANKEES: LEGAL ESSAYS ON THE BRONX BOMBERS (Carolina Academic Press, 2003).

The Effect of Palazzolo v. Rhode Island on the Role of Reasonable Investment-Backed Expectations, in TAKING SIDES ON TAKINGS ISSUES: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PERSPECTIVES (Thomas E. Roberts, ed.) (American Bar Association, 2002).

Is There Any Recourse Against Nonrecourse Financing? The Scope of the Borrower's Liability in a Nonrecourse Real Estate Loan, in ABA SECTION OF REAL PROPERTY, PROBATE AND TRUST LAW ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM MATERIALS (American Bar Association, 2000).

Nonrecourse Loans, in 2 COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCING: WHAT BORROWERS AND LENDERS NEED TO KNOW NOW 793 (Practising Law Institute, 1999).

       Articles & Other Publications:

Early Land Use Cases, Continued Uncertainty: The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 19 PROBATE AND PROPERTY, No. 1, at p. 38 (2005).

Takings in the 21st Century: Reasonable Investment-Backed Expectations After Palazzolo and Tahoe-Sierra, 69 TENNESSEE LAW REVIEW 891 (2002).

When Can a Nonrecourse Lender Reach the Personal Assets of Its Borrower?, 17 PRACTICAL REAL ESTATE LAWYER No. 2, at 33 (2001).

Who Gets the Takings Claim? Changes in Land Use Law, Pre-Enactment Owners, and Post-Enactment Buyers, 61 OHIO STATE LAW JOURNAL 89 (2000).

The Scope of the Borrower's Liability in a Nonrecourse Real Estate Loan, 55 WASHINGTON AND LEE LAW REVIEW 1207 (1998).

Pinpointing the Beginning and Ending of a Temporary Regulatory Taking, 70 WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW 953 (1995) (reprinted in full in INVERSE CONDEMNATION AND RELATED GOVERNMENT LIABILITY 423, American Law Institute–American Bar Association, 1996).

Regulatory Takings and Ripeness in the Federal Courts, 48 VANDERBILT LAW REVIEW 1 (1995) (excerpted in A LAND USE ANTHOLOGY 179, Jon W. Bruce, ed., Anderson Publishing, 1998, and reprinted in full in INVERSE CONDEMNATION AND RELATED GOVERNMENT LIABILITY 79, American Law Institute–American Bar Association, 1995).

Hardhat Teaching, THE LAW TEACHER, Fall 1995, p. 1 (excerpted in Gerald F. Hess and Steven Friedland, TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING LAW 110, Carolina Academic Press, 1999).

Laws Made To Be Broken, THE WASHINGTON POST, July 30, 1993, p. A21.

Co-author, Committee Report, American Bar Association, Central and East European Law Initiative, Analysis of Romania's Law Regarding the General Cadastre and Public Register of Fixed Properties (1992).

Distinguishing Among Murders When Assessing the Proportionality of the Death Penalty, 85 COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 1786 (1985)

Recent Professional Presentations and Service

“Recent Developments in Real Estate Law,” Invited Speaker, ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Annual CLE Meeting, Washington, DC (2005)

“Nuance and Complexity in Takings Law,” William and Mary Bill of Rights Institute, Conference on Property Rights Honoring Harvard Law School Professor Frank Michelman, William and Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA (2004)

“Recent Developments in Real Estate Law,” Invited Speaker, ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Annual CLE Meeting, Seattle, WA (2004)

Legal Education Committee, ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Vice-Chair (1994-present).

ABA Property Preservation Task Force, Member (2004–present), examining problem of rural land loss among African-American farmers

AALS Real Estate Transactions Section, Executive Committee (2004–present)

"The United States and China into the 21st Century: A Symposium on History, Culture and International Relations," presentation of paper and panelist on panel, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (2003).

"Investment Expectations After Tahoe and Palazzolo," panelist, Fifth Annual Conference on Litigating Regulatory Takings Claims, Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Institute, Berkeley, California (2002).

"Takings Law and Expectations: The Supreme Court Restores Penn Central," presentation of paper, SEAALS Annual Meeting (2002).

Editorial Advisory Board, Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal (1995-2001).

"Is There Any Recourse Against Nonrecourse Financing? The Scope of the Borrower's Liability in a Nonrecourse Real Estate Loan," panelist, ABA Annual Meeting, New York (2000).

"Who Gets the Takings Claim? Changes in Land Use Law, Pre-Enactment Owners, and Post-Enactment Buyers," presentation of paper, SEAALS Annual Meeting (1999).

"What Borrowers and Lenders Need to Know Now," Practising Law Institute two-day program on Commercial Real Estate Financing (panelist on "Letters of Credit; Participations; Nonrecourse; UCC Collateral" and "Trouble Ahead: Lender's First Ten Steps Before Acceleration"), PLI, Atlanta (1999).

"Recent Developments in Commercial Real Estate Law," invited speaker, Sevier County Bar Association, Sevierville, Tennessee (2004 and 1999).

"The FutureScape of Pittman Center: Local Environmental Management and the Law," panelist, East Tennessee Community Design Center, Knoxville (1995).

"The Impact of the MacCrate Report on the Real Property Curriculum," panelist and program co-chair, ABA Annual Meeting, New Orleans (1994).

Selected Achievements and Affiliations

Fulbright Senior Specialist, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China (2005).

Fulbright Scholar, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China (spring 2003).

Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2003.

Harold C. Warner Outstanding Teacher Award, 1992 and 2001.

Carden Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship, 2001.

UTK Professional Development Awards, 1992 and 1995.

October 18, 2007