TabsetOverviewBar & Court AdmissionsBar Admissions: District of Columbia BarPennsylvania BarSupreme Court of the United StatesUS Court of Appeals, District of Columbia CircuitUS Court of Appeals, 9th CircuitUS Court of Federal ClaimsUS District Court, District of ColumbiaUS District Court, Western District of PennsylvaniaUS Tax CourtEducation: Harvard Law SchoolJDcum laude1974 Harvard UniversityMPP1974 Princeton UniversityABPhi Beta Kappa, Woodrow Wilson School Scholar1969 JosephA.RieserPartnerWashington, DC 202.857.8964 joseph.rieser@arentfox.com Download vCard Joe Rieser is a tax partner at Arent Fox. His practice primarily focuses on federal income taxation. He provides tax planning and advice on real estate and partnership matters (including REITs), corporate mergers and acquisitions, exempt organizations, taxation of foreign activities of US residents, taxation of foreign investors in the United States, and workouts and restructurings. Joe has worked on cross-border matters involving all of the continents except Antarctica. In the last several years, a number of matters on which he has been the lead tax advisor have been identified as “Deals of the Year.” He also has had considerable experience with state taxation and successfully argued one of the leading Commerce Clause cases involving DC taxation. Previous WorkBefore joining Arent Fox, Joe was a partner at another prominent law firm. Professional ActivitiesJoe has been an active member of the District of Columbia Bar. He served for six years on the Steering Committee of the DC Bar’s Tax Section, and co-chaired the Section for three years. Previously, he chaired several of the Section’s committees, including service as the founding chair of the Section's state and local taxes committee. Joe is also a member of the American Bar Association and served, by appointment of the ABA president, as a member of the Advisory Commission to the ABA’s Committee on Law and the Electoral Process. Other Significant Legal ActivitiesJoe has served in a number of national political positions, including serving, pro bono, as General Counsel of the 1984 Democratic National Convention Committee (1983-84) and later as General Counsel of the national Democratic Party (DNC) (1985-89). He was a senior legal advisor to the 1992 Clinton/Gore campaign and also a member of the 1992 Clinton Presidential Transition Team. Publications, Presentations and RecognitionsJoe’s publications include the following: “'Tax Shelter’ Disclosure and List Maintenance Rules,” The Practical Tax Lawyer; 2005 (vol. 19, no. 3), co-written with Wendi L. Kotzen and David B. Bailey “Obtaining an Abandonment or Worthlessness Deduction for a Partnership Interest,” J Part. Tax; spring 1998 at 42 Editor, tax chapters supplement to Real Estate Development: Long-Term Care and Retirement Facilities (Matthew Bender); 1989-1991 Income and Franchise Taxation chapters, District of Columbia Bar Practice Manual Life Beyond the LawJoe is married, with one son. His first full-time job was as the state-wide deputy director of field operations for a US Senate nominee of a large, heavily-industrialized Midwestern state. Although he declined a request a year and a half later to return to that state to manage the gubernatorial campaign of his party’s nominee for governor, opting instead to return to his home state and begin the practice of law, he has maintained an interest and involvement in politics and public policy ever since. Over the years, Joe has held leadership positions in various exempt charitable and educational organizations, including chair of the Kennedy School’s world-wide alumni association, president of a DC public school PTA, trustee of a center and school for children and adults with learning disabilities, and board member of the supporting organization for a major DC public recreation facility. In his spare time, Joe is generally reading or fixing something around his home, but wishes he were loafing at a beach. Newsroom Date Type Title 1 / 30 / 2017 Press Release Not stickyArent Fox Counsels SunBridge Capital Management, LLC on Investment in Peaceable Street Capital 10 / 18 / 2016 Press Release Not stickyArent Fox Counsels HMSHost on Acquisition of Airport Retailer Stellar Partners Inc. 9 / 21 / 2016 Press Release Not stickyArent Fox Counsels Silver Diner, Inc. on strategic partnership with Goode Partners LLC 2 / 7 / 2013 Alert Not stickyMaryland Court of Special Appeals Rules Against Taxpayer’s Out-of-State Intangible Holding Company Structure 12 / 18 / 2012 Alert Not stickyIRS Issues Proposed Regulations Regarding New Medicare Tax on Investment Income: Real Estate Professionals Should Consider Carefully 10 / 9 / 2012 Press Release Not stickyAmerican Lawyer and Martindale-Hubbell Recognize 46 Arent Fox Lawyers Across 19 Practice Areas as "Top Rated Lawyers" 6 / 28 / 2012 Event Not stickyDecision Day for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Conference Call 6 / 28 / 2012 Event Not stickyDecision Day for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Conference Call Replay Details 11 / 3 / 2011 Press Release Not stickyArent Fox Announces VSE Corporation’s Acquisition of Wheeler Bros., Inc. Named Americas M&A Atlas Awards’ “Manufacturing Deal of the Year” 5 / 17 / 2011 Press Release Not stickyArent Fox LLP Named a Finalist for 2011 Turnaround Atlas Awards 3 / 17 / 2011 Press Release Not stickyArent Fox LLP Wins M&A Advisor’s 2011 Turnaround Award for Reorganization Work on Behalf of The Walking Company 2 / 1 / 2011 Press Release Not stickyArent Fox LLP Named a Finalist for 2011 Turnaround Awards 1 / 12 / 2011 Alert Not stickyIRS Issues Guidance for REITs Modifying or Purchasing Distressed Debt But Leaves Some Questions Unanswered 4 / 1 / 2010 Alert Not stickyHospitals Must Satisfy New Requirements To Maintain Exempt Status 8 / 11 / 2009 Alert Not stickyIRS Posits That Open-Air Parking Structures Are Subject To 39-Year Depreciation 3 / 26 / 2009 Alert Not stickyEnergy Tax Incentives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 2 / 25 / 2009 Alert Not stickyThe Illogic of the COD Income Deferral Provision in the 2009 Recovery Act and its Application to Real Estate Foreclosures 2 / 2 / 2009 Media Mention (News) Not stickyBNA's Daily Report for Executives, NewsChannel 8 Talk to Arent Fox's Earl Colson About Implications of Madoff Scandal 1 / 29 / 2009 Event Not stickyTax Loss and Debt Restructuring Planning 11 / 11 / 2008 Alert Not stickyIssues in Exchanging Partnership Debt for Partnership Equity Proposed Regulations under Code Section 108 8 / 6 / 2008 Alert Not stickyIncreased IRS Scrutiny for Partnership Transactions 7 / 23 / 2008 Alert Not stickyPartnership Interests in Return for Services: What the Proposed Carried Interest Legislation Means for our Clients 5 / 1 / 2008 Event Not stickyIs Your Tax-Exempt Organization Ready for the New IRS Form 990? 2 / 19 / 2008 Alert Not stickyIs Your Organization Ready for the New Form 990? 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