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Hornecker, Cowling, Hassen & Heysell is the largest law firm in Southern Oregon. The firm has been on the cutting edge of land use in Southern Oregon for nearly forty years. Our attorneys are responsible for a myriad of significant land use cases. We have the skill and experience to achieve positive results for our clients in all land use and real estate matters, including:

  • Promissory notes and trust deeds
  • Land sale contracts
  • Conveyances as estate planning tools
  • Easements and well use agreements
  • Real Estate disputes
  • Measure 37 Claims
  • Appeals to the Land Use Board of Appeals
  • City, County, and Agency Proceedings
  • Variances
  • Partitions
  • PUDs
  • Lot Line Adjustments
  • Annexations
  • Zoning and Comprehensive Plan Changes and Exceptions

Some representative land use cases include:

Clark v. Jackson County, 313 Or 508 (1992)

Friends of Jacksonville v. City of Jacksonville, 189 Or App 283 (2003)

East McAndrews Neighborhood Ass'n v. City of Medford, 104 Or App 280 (1990)

Practice Attorneys

Gregory T. Hornecker
John R. Hassen
R. Ray Heysell
P. David Ingalls
Joseph E. Kellerman
Richard L. Billin
Mark S. Bartholomew