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Jewels Cain

Land-use attorney of record · 4 unique cases
12
Hearings
4
Cases
2
Concluded
100.0%
Approved of concluded
2018–2025
Active
10
Since 2024

The record, at case level

Of Jewels Cain’s 4 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%.

At least 2 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

Jewels Cain: hearings by year2018: 1, 2019: 0, 2020: 0, 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 1, 2024: 2, 2025: 8481’18’19’20’21’221’232’248’25

Outcome distribution

Jewels Cain: outcomesApproved: 2 (17%), Postponed: 10 (83%)17%83%Approved 2Postponed 10

Hearing timeline

Hearing dateOutcomeDistrictFirm
2025-12-09Approved · Became law · Approved on all three readings · Council 2026-01-22D7Armbrust & Brown
2025-12-09PostponedD8Armbrust & Brown
2025-12-09Postponed · Became law · Approved on all three readings · Council 2026-02-26D8Armbrust & Brown
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Firm

Armbrust & Brown

Where they practice

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Hearing-level rates, for comparison

Postponement rate vs the fieldJewels Cain: 83%, Field median: 44%Jewels Cain83%Field median44%
Approval rate 16.7% — below the field (46.1%) by 29.4 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 16.7% (vs the field’s 46.1%) and postponement is 83.3% — 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

C14-2025-0102C14-2025-0087NPA-2023-0025.02C14-01-0046.03
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