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Hannah Riemer-Rapesak

Land-use attorney of record · 2 unique cases
3
Hearings
2
Cases
2
Concluded
100.0%
Approved of concluded
2021–2023
Active
0
Since 2024

The record, at case level

Of Hannah Riemer-Rapesak’s 2 unique cases, 2 have concluded — reached a Planning Commission or ZAP decision — and 2 of those ended in approval at their final hearing: 100.0%.

Postponement is a clock, not a verdict: of the 1 concluded cases postponed at least once, 1 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

Hannah Riemer-Rapesak: hearings by year2021: 2, 2022: 0, 2023: 1122’21’221’23

Outcome distribution

Hannah Riemer-Rapesak: outcomesApproved: 2 (67%), Postponed: 1 (33%)67%33%Approved 2Postponed 1

Hearing timeline

Hearing dateOutcomeDistrictFirm
2023-05-23ApprovedD4LJA Engineering
2021-05-25ApprovedD1LJA Engineering
2021-05-11PostponedD1LJA Engineering

Firm

LJA Engineering

Where they practice

D1 2D4 1

Hearing-level rates, for comparison

Postponement rate vs the fieldHannah Riemer-Ra: 33%, Field median: 44%Hannah Riemer-Ra33%Field median44%
Approval rate 66.7% — above the field (46.1%) by 20.6 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 66.7% (vs the field’s 46.1%) and postponement is 33.3% — 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-2022-0101CSPC-2020-0217C
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