Practice by city · November 2026
Construction in Los Angeles: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Construction in Los Angeles over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 32
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -20.5%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 25.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 25
- Firms that hired
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 32 lawyers joined a new firm in Construction in Los Angeles from November 2025 to October 2026, 3.8% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 39 to 31 (-20.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Construction | Los Angeles | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 25.0% | 32.0% | 27.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 16.7% | 13.4% | 12.7% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 62.5% | 52.4% | 57.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 17.7% | 15.4% | 13.1% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 26.9% | 21.9% | 16.4% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 27.6% | 34.0% | 47.0% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-20.5%) | flat (-1.8%) | rose (+21.0%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Against the Construction practice as a whole, the widest gap is the associate share, which is higher here: 62.5% against 52.4%. Against all moves in Los Angeles, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is lower here: 27.6% against 47.0%. Year on year it moved with the Construction practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 96 lawyers moved in Construction in Los Angeles, 26 of them partners (27.1%). They joined 54 different firms. 17.7% stepped up a level on the move and 20.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 36.2% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner25.0%
- Associate62.5%
The level mix sits close to the market: partners are 25.0% of arrivals, against 27.7% market-wide.
- 1,000+ lawyers27.6%
- 400-999 lawyers27.6%
- 150-399 lawyers31.0%
25 firms hired at least one lateral in Construction in Los Angeles in the window. 27.6% of arrivals went to firms with 1,000+ lawyers, against 53.6% market-wide.
- 1,000+ lawyers36.2%
- 400-999 lawyers19.0%
- 150-399 lawyers27.6%
- under 150 lawyers17.2%
The practice accounts for 4.5% of all lateral moves in Los Angeles. Over the three years to October 2026, 56.2% of movers came from another firm in Los Angeles itself. 26.9% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
With volume in Construction in Los Angeles holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.
Specialities in Construction in Los Angeles
Over the three years to October 2026, Construction Disputes was involved in 55.2% of moves in Construction in Los Angeles.
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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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