Joseph D. Calderon is a partner in the Indianapolis office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP and a member of the Real Estate Department. Mr. Calderon focuses his practice on real estate transactions, land use and zoning, and property taxation.

With more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Calderon represents real estate developers, tenants and end-users of real estate, business owners, individuals, nonprofits and governmental agencies in a wide range of real estate matters. He advises on and manages zoning, development, leasing and property tax issues, having handled hundreds of zoning cases, property tax assessment appeals and real estate transactions.

Since 2010, Mr. Calderon has been recognized on The Best Lawyers in America list, where he was named a Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year in 2013. He is also rated "AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated," the top rating for professional skill and ethics, by his peers as listed in Martindale-Hubbell®.

After earning his B.S. from Indiana University in 1982, Mr. Calderon earned his J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1989.

Mr. Calderon is admitted to practice in the state of Indiana and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.