Joseph B. Reisman's primary areas of practice are in complex real estate and financing transactions, commercial leasing, and office building, retail and residential construction and development. He has represented developers in numerous condominium developments and marketing programs, and in the development, construction and leasing of shopping centers and office buildings. Also, he frequently represents clients in real property, landlord/tenant and foreclosure actions.
Mr. Reisman has extensive experience in representing clients in general business transactions and in corporate and other business entity formations and in the probate and administration of estates.
Mr. Reisman is the author of the Foreclosure of Construction Liens section of a real property litigation manual published by the Florida Bar. He has lectured on the Florida Construction Lien Law at a conference for Florida Circuit judges, and has also lectured on condominium developments at the Institute on Condominiums and Cluster Developments sponsored by the University of Miami.
Mr. Reisman is a founding director of the Economic Opportunities Legal Services Program of Dade County, Florida, a former member of the Citizens Task Force appointed by the County Commission of Dade County in the development of its master plan for land use and has served on boards appointed by various mayors of the City of South Miami, in addition to engaging in other civic endeavors.
Mr. Reisman is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, as well as the courts of the State of Florida.
Mr. Reisman is a member of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar (Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law sections) and the Miami-Dade County Bar Association. He graduated from the University of Miami School of Law and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Miami.