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David Armbrust

Land-use attorney of record · 3 unique cases
13
Hearings
3
Cases
3
Concluded
100.0%
Approved of concluded
2017–2022
Active
0
Since 2024

The record, at case level

Of David Armbrust’s 3 unique cases, 3 have concluded — reached a Planning Commission or ZAP decision — and 3 of those ended in approval at their final hearing: 100.0%.

Postponement is a clock, not a verdict: of the 3 concluded cases postponed at least once, 3 still ended in approval (100.0%).

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

David Armbrust: hearings by year2017: 3, 2018: 3, 2019: 0, 2020: 0, 2021: 0, 2022: 7473’173’18’19’20’217’22

Outcome distribution

David Armbrust: outcomesApproved: 3 (23%), Postponed: 10 (77%)23%77%Approved 3Postponed 10

Hearing timeline

Hearing dateOutcomeDistrictFirm
2022-08-16ApprovedD10Armbrust & Brown
2022-07-19PostponedD10Armbrust & Brown
2022-06-21PostponedD10Armbrust & Brown
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Firm

Armbrust & Brown

Where they practice

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Hearing-level rates, for comparison

Postponement rate vs the fieldDavid Armbrust: 77%, Field median: 44%David Armbrust77%Field median44%
Approval rate 23.1% — below the field (46.1%) by 23.0 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 23.1% (vs the field’s 46.1%) and postponement is 76.9% — 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

C814-2009-0139.03C14-2017-0139C814-2017-0024
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