Practice by city · November 2026
Employment & Labor in Dallas: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Employment & Labor in Dallas over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 31
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +29.2%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 16.1%
- Partner share of moves
- 21
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 31 lateral moves in Employment & Labor in Dallas, 2.1% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 24 to 31 (+29.2%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Employment & Labor | Dallas | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 16.1% | 22.4% | 32.2% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 22.6% | 15.2% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 61.3% | 61.6% | 54.2% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 11.1% | 12.4% | 12.4% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 15.6% | 21.5% | 16.3% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 31.0% | 46.9% | 46.5% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+29.2%) | rose (+6.9%) | rose (+28.2%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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: 31.0% here against 46.9%, below it. Set against all moves in Dallas, the partner share stands out most: 16.1% here against 32.2%, below it. Year on year it held flat while the Employment & Labor practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 90 lawyers moved in Employment & Labor in Dallas. They joined 55 different firms. 11.1% stepped up a level on the move and 15.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 34.6% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner16.1%
- Counsel22.6%
- Associate61.3%
At 16.1%, partners are a smaller slice of arrivals than in the market as a whole (27.7%).
- 1,000+ lawyers31.0%
- 400-999 lawyers41.4%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 55 firms hired at least one lateral in Employment & Labor in Dallas in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 44.3% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Jackson Lewis, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers34.6%
- 400-999 lawyers32.7%
- 150-399 lawyers19.2%
- under 150 lawyers13.5%
The practice accounts for 9.0% of all lateral moves in Dallas. Over the three years to October 2026, 72.2% of movers came from another firm in Dallas itself.
There were 22 open roles in Employment & Labor in Dallas on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
With volume in Employment & Labor in Dallas 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 | Jackson Lewis | 6-10 |
| 2 | Fisher & Phillips | 6-10 |
| 3 | Seyfarth Shaw | 3-5 |
| 4 | Kaufman Dolowich | 3-5 |
| 5 | Haynes and Boone | 3-5 |
| 6 | Ogletree Deakins | 3-5 |
| 7 | Littler Mendelson | 3-5 |
Deals in Employment & Labor in Dallas
Sartori & Partners data count 28 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 96.4% of them.
Time to partner in Employment & Labor in Dallas
26 lawyers were promoted to partner in Employment & Labor in Dallas 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 11.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 92.0% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 25 promotions.
Specialities in Employment & Labor in Dallas
Over the three years to October 2026, Employment Litigation was involved in 73.3% of moves in Employment & Labor in Dallas, then Discrimination & Harassment with 50.0%.
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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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