Practice by city · November 2026
Construction in Atlanta: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Construction in Atlanta over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 23
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 30.4%
- Partner share of moves
- 56
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 23 lateral moves in Construction in Atlanta, 2.7% of the practice's moves.
| Measure | Here | Construction | Atlanta | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 30.4% | 32.0% | 24.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 10.7% | 13.4% | 13.9% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 52.2% | 52.4% | 57.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 14.3% | 15.4% | 12.1% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | - | 21.9% | 17.2% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers (three years) | 23.2% | 36.5% | 45.0% | 52.5% |
| Year on year | - | flat (-1.8%) | flat (-10.4%) | rose (+9.0%) |
12 months to October 2026 unless the row says three years; a row switches to three years for every column when this page's 12-month value is not published. A dash is a value we do not publish. Flat means a change under 5% or inside the noise of the two counts.
Set against the Construction practice as a whole, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers over three years stands out most: 23.2% here against 36.5%, below it. Set against all moves in Atlanta, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers over three years stands out most: 23.2% here against 45.0%, below it.
- Partner30.4%
- Associate52.2%
Over the three years to October 2026, 56 lawyers moved in Construction in Atlanta, 21 of them partners (37.5%). They joined 31 different firms. 28.2% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- 150-399 lawyers47.8%
- under 150 lawyers21.7%
With partners at 30.4% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%.
- 1,000+ lawyers28.2%
- 150-399 lawyers17.9%
- under 150 lawyers43.6%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Construction in Atlanta were spread across 31 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 54.5% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Smith Gambrell & Russell ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
The practice accounts for 9.7% of all lateral moves in Atlanta. Over the three years to October 2026, 82.1% of movers came from another firm in Atlanta itself.
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 | Smith Gambrell & Russell | 6-10 |
| 2 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 3 | Clark Hill | 3-5 |
| 4 | Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial | 3-5 |
| 5 | Offit Kurman | 3-5 |
Specialities in Construction in Atlanta
Over the three years to October 2026, Construction Disputes was involved in 80.4% of moves in Construction in Atlanta.
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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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