Miami: lateral market monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 302 lateral moves in Miami from November 2025 to October 2026, 2.1% of all lateral moves we tracked. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 305 moves against 227 the year before, the count rose 34.4%. That runs ahead of the wider market, which moved +9.0%.

The level mix sits close to the market: partners are 30.5% of arrivals, against 27.7% market-wide. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 91 partner moves against 67 the year before, partner moves alone rose 35.8%. 16.2% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

Lateral hires in Miami were spread across 94 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 38.4% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Greenberg Traurig, with arrivals in the 41-60 band.

Litigation & Disputes ranks first among practices, involved in 54.6% of the city's arrivals against 39.9% of the whole market. More lawyers moved into Miami from another city (66) than left it for one (37). 28.7% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

For a firm hiring in Miami, a rising market means candidates have options: move quickly once a shortlist exists.