Overview

Andy Buroker provides legal counsel to clients with interests at the intersection of commercial and real estate finance, real estate transactions and municipal government. Andy advises on complex real estate leasing and ownership transactions, land use and zoning entitlements, and development incentives. Within the energy and natural resources industry, he counsels on leasing and land use changes for solar and wind farm developments.

Andy is experienced in issues such as finance, closings, real estate conveyances, development, leasing, documentation drafting, title insurance, surveys, planning and zoning, and annexation.

Before entering private practice, Andy was the Zionsville, Indiana Town Attorney for 14 years.

Personal Interests

Andy is passionate about patient care and donor services. He assists with donor recruitment, fundraising and education at the National Marrow Donor Program and Stacy McKay Foundation and has personally donated blood, apheresis and bone marrow.

Andy is an avid mountain climber, having summited 3 of the 7 Summits and numerous other peaks.

A patron of the arts, Andy has both supported and participated in community theater.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

Indiana

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
U.S. Supreme Court

Education

Indiana University Maurer School of Law
J.D. cum laude (1989)

DePauw University
B.A. in English Literature (1984)

Insights & Events

Other Perspectives
  • Indiana Real Estate Law Update
    Annual Year in Review, ICLEF, 2008-17
  • Commercial Real Estate
    Annual Real Estate Institute, ICLEF, May 2015

Leadership & Community

Pro Bono

  • Indiana Legal Services, Inc. — Provides real estate legal services to organization for serving those in need in the community.

Professional Associations

  • Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Indianapolis — Board of Directors (Associate Members Chairman)
  • American Bar Association — Banking Law Committee; Real Property & Probate Committee; Planning Board
  • Indiana State Bar Association — Land Use Section (Chairman, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary)
  • Indianapolis Bar Association —Land Use Section
  • Urban Land Institute, Indianapolis — Member

Civic Activities

  • American Heart Association, National — Board of Directors (Chairman; Chairman-Elect; Secretary/Treasurer); Advocacy Coordinating Committee (Chairman); Administrative Cabinet; Strategic Initiatives Task Force (Chairman)
  • Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Indianapolis Alumni Association — President
  • DePauw University — Washington C. DePauw Society
  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Alumni Board of Directors (President)
  • Indianapolis Opera, Inc. — Board of Directors
  • The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Indiana Chapter — Board of Directors (President, Vice President)
  • Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series Alumni Class XIX
  • The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre — Board of Directors (Chairman)
  • YMCA of Greater Indianapolis — Board of Directors and Board of Trustees

Honors

  • Chambers USA — Indiana, Real Estate, 2018-23
  • Indiana Super Lawyers — Real Estate, 2004-15, 2017-23
  • DePauw University — Community Service Award, 2009; Alumni Achievement Award, 2006
  • American Heart Association — National Volunteer Leadership Award, 2007; Nathan Levine Volunteer Service Award, 2006; Core Vitae Award, 2003
  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Distinguished Service Award, 2004
  • City of Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson — Mayor’s Community Service Award, 2002
  • Indianapolis Business Journal — 40 Under Forty, 2000
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