Denver: lateral market monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 167 lateral moves in Denver from November 2025 to October 2026, 1.2% of all lateral moves we tracked. On settled windows the count went from 164 to 175 (+6.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

With partners at 30.5% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 54 to 53 (-1.9%), which we read as flat. 15.0% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

61 firms hired at least one lateral in Denver in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 44.6% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.

Litigation & Disputes ranks first among practices, involved in 54.5% of the city's arrivals against 39.9% of the whole market. More lawyers moved into Denver from another city (43) than left it for one (25). 28.5% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

For a firm planning a hire in Denver, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.