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Amanda Swor

Land-use attorney of record · 114 unique cases
309
Hearings
114
Cases
93
Concluded
96.8%
Approved of concluded
2016–2026
Active
54
Since 2024

The record, at case level

Of Amanda Swor’s 114 unique cases, 93 have concluded — reached a Planning Commission or ZAP decision — and 90 of those ended in approval at their final hearing: 96.8%.

Postponement is a clock, not a verdict: of the 50 concluded cases postponed at least once, 48 still ended in approval (96.0%). At least 41 of these cases are confirmed adopted as Council ordinances (Council records run only through 2026-04-23, so this is a floor, not a rate).

Counted once per case, not once per hearing: a case postponed several times before approval would otherwise read as several losses and one win.

Hearings by year

Amanda Swor: hearings by year2016: 11, 2017: 23, 2018: 26, 2019: 62, 2020: 14, 2021: 27, 2022: 33, 2023: 59, 2024: 43, 2025: 8, 2026: 3316211’1623’1726’1862’1914’2027’2133’2259’2343’248’253’26

Outcome distribution

Amanda Swor: outcomesApproved: 108 (35%), Postponed: 192 (62%), Denied: 3 (1%), No decision: 6 (2%)35%62%Approved 108Postponed 192Denied 3No decision 6

Hearing timeline

Hearing dateOutcomeDistrictFirm
2026-05-12ApprovedD9Drenner Group
2026-05-05ApprovedD8Drenner Group
2026-04-21PostponedD8Drenner Group
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Firm

Drenner Group

Where they practice

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Hearing-level rates, for comparison

Postponement rate vs the fieldAmanda Swor: 63%, Field median: 44%Amanda Swor63%Field median44%
Approval rate 35.6% — below the field (46.1%) by 10.5 pts.

At the hearing level every appearance counts, so a case postponed N times adds N postponements and one decision. Hearing-level approval-of-decided is 35.6% (vs the field’s 46.1%) and postponement is 63.4% — both far from the case-level figure above, for exactly that reason. Two stages, two denominators: these are commission-stage outcomes (approve vs. postpone/deny at the Planning Commission or ZAP hearing), not the City Council vote. Once a Commission-recommended case reaches Council it is approved in the high-90s%, so a low commission-stage approval rate reflects strategic postponement, not defeat.

Recent cases

SP-2018-0528C(XT2)C14-2025-0064C14-2025-0056C14-2024-0183C14-2024-0187C14-2025-0018C14-2024-0180C14-2024-0120
Austin Development Watch · every figure traces to a certified record · hearing data through 2026-05-19 · Council outcomes through 2026-04-23 · gate-certified · generated 2026-07-29