Practice by city · November 2026
Construction in Denver: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Construction in Denver over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 26
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +7.7%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 34.6%
- Partner share of moves
- 92
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 26 lateral moves in Construction in Denver from November 2025 to October 2026, 3.1% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 26 to 28 (+7.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Construction | Denver | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 34.6% | 32.0% | 30.5% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 18.5% | 13.4% | 13.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 50.0% | 52.4% | 55.7% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 23.1% | 16.8% | 15.0% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 20.0% | 21.9% | 28.5% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 50.0% | 34.0% | 45.1% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+7.7%) | flat (-1.8%) | flat (+6.7%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 stands out most: 50.0% here against 34.0%, above it. Against all moves in Denver, the widest gap is the share who changed city, which is lower here: 20.0% against 28.5%. Year on year it moved with the Construction practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 92 lawyers moved in Construction in Denver, 29 of them partners (31.5%). They joined 39 different firms. 16.3% stepped up a level on the move and 19.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 21.4% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner34.6%
- Associate50.0%
This is a partner market: 34.6% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. A step up in title came with 23.1% of moves (market 12.9%).
- 1,000+ lawyers50.0%
- 400-999 lawyers38.5%
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 Denver were spread across 39 firms. Ten firms account for 47.1% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers21.4%
- 400-999 lawyers40.5%
- 150-399 lawyers21.4%
- under 150 lawyers16.7%
The practice accounts for 15.6% of all lateral moves in Denver. Over the three years to October 2026, 67.4% of movers came from another firm in Denver itself. 20.0% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
For a firm planning a hire in Construction 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.
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 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 6-10 |
| 2 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 6-10 |
| 3 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 6-10 |
| 4 | Snell & Wilmer | 3-5 |
| 5 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | 3-5 |
| 6 | FBT Gibbons | 3-5 |
| 7 | Holland & Hart | 3-5 |
| 8 | Reed Smith | 3-5 |
| 9 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 3-5 |
| 10 | Fennemore Craig | 3-5 |
Specialities in Construction in Denver
Over the three years to October 2026, Construction Disputes was involved in 52.2% of moves in Construction in Denver, then Construction Contracts with 22.8%.
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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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