Practice by city · November 2026
Construction in Miami: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Construction in Miami over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 27
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -3.7%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 33.3%
- Partner share of moves
- 82
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 27 lateral moves in Construction in Miami from November 2025 to October 2026, 3.2% of the practice's moves. Year on year the count held level (27 to 26 on settled windows, -3.7%). That trails the wider market, which moved +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Construction | Miami | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 33.3% | 32.0% | 30.5% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 12.2% | 13.4% | 11.1% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 55.6% | 52.4% | 57.6% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 22.2% | 16.8% | 16.2% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | - | 21.9% | 28.7% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 23.1% | 34.0% | 50.7% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-3.7%) | flat (-1.8%) | rose (+34.4%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Against the Construction practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is lower here: 23.1% against 34.0%. Against all moves in Miami, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is lower here: 23.1% against 50.7%. Year on year it moved with the Construction practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 82 lawyers moved in Construction in Miami, 26 of them partners (31.7%). They joined 43 different firms. 25.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner33.3%
- Associate55.6%
Partners make up 33.3% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. A step up in title came with 22.2% of moves (market 12.9%).
- 1,000+ lawyers23.1%
- 400-999 lawyers19.2%
- 150-399 lawyers34.6%
- under 150 lawyers23.1%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 43 firms hired at least one lateral in Construction in Miami in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 49.4% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Kubicki Draper, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers25.0%
- 400-999 lawyers29.5%
- 150-399 lawyers22.7%
- under 150 lawyers22.7%
The practice accounts for 8.9% of all lateral moves in Miami. Over the three years to October 2026, 76.8% of movers came from another firm in Miami itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Construction in Miami, 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 | Kubicki Draper | 6-10 |
| 2 | Dickinson Wright | 3-5 |
| 3 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 4 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | 3-5 |
| 5 | Hinckley Allen & Snyder | 3-5 |
| 6 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 3-5 |
| 7 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 3-5 |
| 8 | Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman | 3-5 |
| 9 | Becker & Poliakoff | 3-5 |
Specialities in Construction in Miami
Over the three years to October 2026, Construction Disputes was involved in 75.6% of moves in Construction in Miami.
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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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