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Drenner Group

Land-use entitlement firm · 247 unique cases
632
Hearings
247
Cases
203
Concluded
97.0%
Approved of concluded
2016–2026
Active
174
Since 2024

The record, at case level

Of Drenner Group’s 247 unique cases, 203 have concluded — reached a Planning Commission or ZAP decision — and 197 of those ended in approval at their final hearing: 97.0%.

Postponement is a clock, not a verdict: of the 98 concluded cases postponed at least once, 95 still ended in approval (96.9%). At least 95 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).

Unique-case counts here are distinct case numbers. 126 of this record’s hearings also carry a case name but no number — but ~65% of those are the same matter as a numbered case already counted above, so the true unique-case count is a narrow range: 247 numbered, up to ~269 including the genuinely un-numbered matters. The case-level approval rate is computed on concluded numbered cases and is unaffected.

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

Drenner Group: hearings by year2016: 13, 2017: 40, 2018: 44, 2019: 81, 2020: 22, 2021: 50, 2022: 91, 2023: 117, 2024: 111, 2025: 47, 2026: 165811713’1640’1744’1881’1922’2050’2191’22117’23111’2447’2516’26

Outcome distribution

Drenner Group: outcomesApproved: 248 (39%), Postponed: 369 (58%), Denied: 7 (1%), No decision: 8 (1%)39%58%Approved 248Postponed 369Denied 7No decision 8

Hearing timeline

Hearing dateOutcomeDistrictAgent
2026-05-12ApprovedD9Amanda Swor
2026-05-05ApprovedD8Amanda Swor
2026-04-28PostponedD3Leah Bojo
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Lead attorneys

Amanda Swor 309Leah Bojo 266Dave Anderson 44Nick Raffaele 8Jewels Nickells 3

Where they practice

D3 143D9 113D1 83D7 68D4 64

Hearing-level rates, for comparison

Postponement rate vs the fieldDrenner Group: 59%, Field median: 44%Drenner Group59%Field median44%
Approval rate 39.7% — below the field (46.1%) by 6.4 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 39.7% (vs the field’s 46.1%) and postponement is 59.1% — 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)C14-2025-0064C14-2025-0114C14-81-037C14-2025-0089C14-06-0117C14-2024-0147C14-72-299
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