City monitor · November 2026
Minneapolis: lateral market monitor
Lawyers who joined a new firm in Minneapolis over the last 12 months: how many, at what level, in which practices and with which firms.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 106
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +40.8%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 31.1%
- Partner share of moves
- 39
- Firms that hired
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 106 lawyers joined a new firm in Minneapolis from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.8% of all lateral moves we tracked. On settled windows the count went from 76 to 107, up 40.8% year on year. It outpaced the market's own change of +9.0%.
Partners account for 31.1% of movers, near the market's 27.7%. A step up in title came with 20.8% of moves (market 12.9%).
- Partner31.1%
- Counsel16.0%
- Associate50.9%
39 firms hired at least one lateral in Minneapolis in the window. Ten firms account for 54.0% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: concentrated. Dorsey & Whitney ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
By practice, Litigation & Disputes comes first, involved in 56.6% of arrivals here (39.9% across the market). 19.5% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
Group moves were 17.9% of the total (market 1.5%).
Volume in Minneapolis is rising with a mix close to the market, so timing matters more than the level you hire at.
Firms by rank and band
Each firm appears as a rank and a band, never an exact count, and only with at least 10 moves in the window.
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorsey & Whitney | 6-10 |
| 2 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | 6-10 |
| 3 | Ballard Spahr | 3-5 |
| 4 | Lathrop GPM | 3-5 |
| 5 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 3-5 |
| 6 | Stinson | 3-5 |
| 7 | Fox Rothschild | 3-5 |
| 8 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | 3-5 |
| 9 | Robins Kaplan | 3-5 |
Related monitors and reports
Practices in Minneapolis
- Litigation & Disputes60 moves
- Employment & Labor20 moves
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Hiring in this market
Reports
- Minneapolis Associate Market 2026: Higher Titles on 20.8% of Moves
About one Minneapolis lateral move in five came with a higher title over 12 months (20.8%), against 12.9% across the market and 8.4% in Chicago. Over three years the city still runs above the market, and employment work scores 176 on the market index.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Minneapolis Lateral Partner Market 2026: A City That Hires in Teams
Minneapolis hires in teams: 17.9% of its lateral moves arrived with a group, 11.9 times the market rate. Its lawyers also leave for companies at 2.5 times the market pace.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026
Edition November 2026. Window: November 2025 to October 2026. Source: Sartori & Partners, from public law-firm announcements, firm websites and professional profiles, checked monthly. Methodology. Spot an error? [email protected].
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