mission
It is our mission to provide practical, cost-effective, thorough, and responsive advice to our clients, regardless of the size of the project or the complexity of the matter.
firm history
For over 30 years, Barg Singer Hoesly has advised clients on a broad range of real estate and business transactions, development projects, and disputes.
From the early stages of negotiating purchase and sale agreements and performing due diligence to real property financing, closing, development, and leasing, we provide insightful strategy with an eye towards the entrepreneurial needs of our clients. And for clients facing real estate and business disputes large and small, our seasoned team brings its substantial courtroom experience to work tirelessly but efficiently towards a successful resolution, whether that is achieved before a lawsuit is filed, on the courthouse steps, at trial, or on appeal.
Led by our founder, Jonathan Barg, and Jonathan Singer, who joined the firm in 2017, our real estate team’s development experience spans from retail, office, health care, and industrial projects to multifamily, residential, and mixed-use developments.
Our transactional clients include a leading developer and operator of industrial business parks in the Pacific Northwest, a multi-generational development firm focusing on of multifamily and office properties in the Portland area, the Oregon office of a subdivision developer with a national footprint, one of Oregon’s largest food-service businesses, and multiple Fortune 500 companies.
The addition of Cody Hoesly in 2023 has enabled the firm to provide more comprehensive service to its clients. Our attorneys’ litigation experience encompasses a wide range of complex business and commercial litigation cases, including real estate disputes, insurance coverage disputes, financial institutions litigation, class actions, shareholder and fiduciary litigation, investor litigation, employment litigation, trust and estates litigation, antitrust litigation, intellectual property litigation, bankruptcy disputes, and appeals.
Our litigation and dispute work clients have included property developers and owners, entrepreneurs, and a Fortune 500 company. More coverage of our firm’s work in the areas of disputes and litigation can be found in leading trade publications, the Portland Business Journal and DJC Oregon.
We also frequently serve as local counsel for organizations and individuals who have real estate transactions in the Pacific Northwest and commercial cases in Oregon and Washington state and federal courts.
recognition
Our firm has been recognized as one of Oregon’s top-ranked real estate law practices by the prestigious Chambers and Partners USA Guide, which has been described by The New York Times as “the gold standard,” with Jonathan Barg and Jonathan Singer both earning individual rankings as top lawyers in the field.
Among the strengths of the firm’s real estate team, as reported to Chambers: Barg Singer Hoesly PC “understands our business objectives” and is “extremely responsive and available to clients,” and its lawyers “are always very thoughtful in developing real estate strategies.”
Cody Hoesly has likewise earned honors as a top commercial litigator in Oregon from Chambers and Partners, which reports that his strengths include that he “is a wonderful advocate,” “is very client-focused and accessible,” “is highly competent and familiar with a wide range of issues across industry and type,” “advocates tirelessly for his clients,” and “seeks to find solutions to which both parties are amenable.”
Firm shareholder Cody Hoesly has also been ranked as one of Oregon’s Top 50 lawyers by Super Lawyers, a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement that has also selected Jonathan Barg and Jonathan Singer as top-rated real estate attorneys in Portland, Oregon.
In addition, our firm has been recognized in the 2025 Edition of Best Law Firms in Portland, Oregon in commercial litigation, antitrust litigation, securities litigation, banking and finance litigation, and appellate practice, with Cody Hoesly, Jonathan Barg, and Jonathan Singer being further individually recognized by the ranking service: Hoesly as a Best Lawyer in Oregon in commercial litigation, banking and finance litigation, securities litigation, antitrust litigation, and appellate practice, Barg as a Best Lawyer in Oregon real estate law, and Singer as One to Watch in Oregon for his work in real estate law.
