Ian Rasmussen

Ian Rasmussen is an attorney and urbanist living in New York City. Since discovering New Urbanism, he has focused his academic and professional efforts on its advancement. Having graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 2008, Ian now practices zoning law in New York City as an attorney of counsel to The Law Offices of Marvin B. Mitzner. This role offers a unique perspective on the land use process that continues to inform his views on urbanism. Ian is also the is founder and principal of two firms: Urban Cartographics, which specializes in maps, and design in the realm of planning and zoning; and Convinced by Design, a litigation graphics and trial strategy and support firm. Ian resides in Forest Hills Gardens with his wife Erika.