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Description of Practice:
Alfred Fraijo, an associate in the firm's Los Angeles office, focuses his practice in real estate, land use, and natural resources. Mr. Fraijo grows his expertise on cutting edge real estate transactions for public, private and nonprofit developers and multi-national corporations in United State and abroad. He also serves on the firm's Diversity Committee.
Mr. Fraijo has significant experience in obtaining and negotiating land use entitlements for complex housing and mixed use development projects throughout California, including advising clients with innovative, urban renewal projects in the inner-city and other sectors with emerging markets. He advises public and private sector clients on state and federal land use and environmental laws, including the Subdivision Map Act, California Community Redevelopment Law, California Environmental Quality Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, CERCLA, RCRA, California Superfund Law and the Polanco Redevelopment Act. Mr. Fraijo also has significant experience in working closely with clients and consultants on due diligence review of land use issues, which includes local zoning ordinances, general plans, redevelopment agency plans, and related land use restrictions.
Mr. Fraijo has served on numerous real estate associations and organizations focused on urban renewal issues and civil empowerment. Currently, Mr. Fraijo is a member Brownfields Committee of the California Redevelopment Association, serves as a Board member and Chief Financial Officer of the Board of Directors for the Greenlining Institute, a state-wide public policy think-tank. Mr. Fraijo is also a Board member for California Community Builders, Inc. and serves on the Board of Directors for the East Los Angeles Community Corporation. Mr. Fraijo is a Founding Board member for the Honor PAC and For People of Color, Inc..
Mr. Fraijo continues to speak for professional associations and continuing education symposia and has published articles on emerging trends in state and federal land use and environmental law as well as on environmental justice issues. Mr. Fraijo is admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the State Bar of California, the State Bar of Washington, D.C., the San Francisco Bar Association, the Los Angeles Bar Association, the American Bar Association.
Educational History:
Mr. Fraijo received his J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2002, where he was a full tuition scholarship recipient and member of the nationally ranked National Hispanic Moot Court Team from 2001 to 2002. In 1999, he graduated cum laude from Harvard University and received a B.A. in Government. Prior to Loyola and Harvard, Mr. Fraijo participated in an accelerated engineering program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and traveled as a student ambassador to Japan and South Korea. | 