Practice by city · November 2026
Employment & Labor in Boston: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Employment & Labor in Boston over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 33
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +21.7%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 18.2%
- Partner share of moves
- 23
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 33 lateral moves in Employment & Labor in Boston, 2.2% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 23 to 28 (+21.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Employment & Labor | Boston | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 18.2% | 22.4% | 26.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 24.2% | 15.2% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 57.6% | 61.6% | 57.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 18.2% | 13.5% | 11.2% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 12.5% | 21.5% | 15.2% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 58.1% | 46.9% | 57.9% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+21.7%) | rose (+6.9%) | rose (+23.7%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Employment & Labor practice as a whole, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 58.1% here against 46.9%, above it. Set against all moves in Boston, the counsel share stands out most: 24.2% here against 12.9%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Employment & Labor practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 76 lawyers moved in Employment & Labor in Boston, 22 of them partners (28.9%). They joined 40 different firms. 18.4% stepped up a level on the move and 12.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 45.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner18.2%
- Counsel24.2%
- Associate57.6%
The partner share is 18.2%, below the market's 27.7%, so most movers are associates and counsel. 18.2% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers58.1%
- 400-999 lawyers29.0%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 40 firms hired at least one lateral in Employment & Labor in Boston in the window. Ten firms account for 51.4% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Littler Mendelson ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers45.3%
- 400-999 lawyers15.1%
- 150-399 lawyers26.4%
- under 150 lawyers13.2%
The practice accounts for 9.0% of all lateral moves in Boston. Over the three years to October 2026, 73.7% of movers came from another firm in Boston itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Employment & Labor in Boston, 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 | Littler Mendelson | 6-10 |
| 2 | Ogletree Deakins | 3-5 |
| 3 | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo | 3-5 |
| 4 | Jackson Lewis | 3-5 |
| 5 | Fisher & Phillips | 3-5 |
| 6 | Seyfarth Shaw | 3-5 |
| 7 | Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete | 3-5 |
| 8 | Weil Gotshal & Manges | 3-5 |
| 9 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 3-5 |
| 10 | Harris Beach Murtha | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Employment & Labor in Boston
34 lawyers were promoted to partner in Employment & Labor in Boston over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 12.0 years, with the middle half between 10.5 years and 14.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 58.1% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 31 promotions.
Specialities in Employment & Labor in Boston
Over the three years to October 2026, Employment Litigation was involved in 73.7% of moves in Employment & Labor in Boston, then Discrimination & Harassment with 60.5%.
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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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