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Katherine Nicely

Land-use attorney of record · 3 unique cases
8
Hearings
3
Cases
3
Concluded
100.0%
Approved of concluded
2024–2025
Active
8
Since 2024

The record, at case level

Of Katherine Nicely’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 1 concluded cases postponed at least once, 1 still ended in approval (100.0%). At least 3 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

Katherine Nicely: hearings by year2024: 1, 2025: 7471’247’25

Outcome distribution

Katherine Nicely: outcomesApproved: 4 (50%), Postponed: 4 (50%)50%50%Approved 4Postponed 4

Hearing timeline

Hearing dateOutcomeDistrictFirm
2025-08-26Approved · Became law · Approved on all 3 readings. · Council 2025-10-09D7Metcalfe Wolff Stuart & Williams
2025-06-10ApprovedD2Metcalfe Wolff Stuart & Williams
2025-06-10Approved · Became law · Approved on all three readings · Council 2025-08-28D2Metcalfe Wolff Stuart & Williams
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Firm

Metcalfe Wolff Stuart & Williams

Where they practice

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Hearing-level rates, for comparison

Postponement rate vs the fieldKatherine Nicely: 50%, Field median: 44%Katherine Nicely50%Field median44%
Approval rate 50.0% — above the field (46.1%) by 3.9 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 50.0% (vs the field’s 46.1%) and postponement is 50.0% — 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

C14-2025-0068C14-2024-0168C14-2024-0083
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