Practice by city · November 2026
Employment & Labor in Atlanta: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Employment & Labor 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
- 29
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -18.2%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 31.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 21
- Firms that hired
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 29 lawyers joined a new firm in Employment & Labor in Atlanta from November 2025 to October 2026, 1.9% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 33 to 27 (-18.2%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Employment & Labor | Atlanta | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 31.0% | 22.4% | 24.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 10.1% | 13.8% | 13.9% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 51.7% | 61.6% | 57.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 11.2% | 12.4% | 12.1% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 11.5% | 21.5% | 16.4% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 37.9% | 46.9% | 41.4% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-18.2%) | rose (+6.9%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Against the Employment & Labor practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share who changed city over three years, which is lower here: 11.5% against 21.5%. Against all moves in Atlanta, the widest gap is the partner share, which is higher here: 31.0% against 24.9%. Year on year it held flat while the Employment & Labor practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 89 lawyers moved in Employment & Labor in Atlanta, 30 of them partners (33.7%). They joined 42 different firms. 11.2% stepped up a level on the move and 11.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 36.7% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner31.0%
- Associate51.7%
Partners account for 31.0% of movers, near the market's 27.7%.
- 1,000+ lawyers37.9%
- 400-999 lawyers27.6%
- 150-399 lawyers31.0%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 42 firms hired at least one lateral in Employment & Labor in Atlanta in the window. Ten firms account for 52.4% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Fisher & Phillips ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers36.7%
- 400-999 lawyers15.0%
- 150-399 lawyers35.0%
- under 150 lawyers13.3%
The practice accounts for 12.2% of all lateral moves in Atlanta. Over the three years to October 2026, 60.7% of movers came from another firm in Atlanta itself.
With volume in Employment & Labor in Atlanta holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.
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 | Fisher & Phillips | 6-10 |
| 2 | Littler Mendelson | 6-10 |
| 3 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 3-5 |
| 4 | DLA Piper | 3-5 |
| 5 | McAngus Goudelock & Courie | 3-5 |
| 6 | Jackson Lewis | 3-5 |
| 7 | Tucker Ellis | 3-5 |
| 8 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 3-5 |
| 9 | Seyfarth Shaw | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Employment & Labor in Atlanta
37 lawyers were promoted to partner in Employment & Labor in Atlanta over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 10.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 14.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 62.9% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 35 promotions.
Specialities in Employment & Labor in Atlanta
Over the three years to October 2026, Employment Litigation was involved in 55.1% of moves in Employment & Labor in Atlanta, then Discrimination & Harassment with 36.0%.
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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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