Practice by city · November 2026
Employment & Labor in Denver: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Employment & Labor in Denver over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 23
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -12.5%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 26.1%
- Partner share of moves
- 83
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 23 lateral moves in Employment & Labor in Denver, 1.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 24 to 21 (-12.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Employment & Labor | Denver | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 26.1% | 22.4% | 30.5% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 14.5% | 13.8% | 13.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 65.2% | 61.6% | 55.7% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 12.0% | 12.4% | 13.5% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 21.9% | 21.5% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 59.1% | 46.9% | 45.1% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-12.5%) | rose (+6.9%) | flat (+6.7%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Against the Employment & Labor practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is higher here: 59.1% against 46.9%. Set against all moves in Denver, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 59.1% here against 45.1%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Employment & Labor practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 83 lawyers moved in Employment & Labor in Denver, 24 of them partners (28.9%). They joined 44 different firms. 12.0% stepped up a level on the move and 21.9% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 62.1% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner26.1%
- Associate65.2%
Partners account for 26.1% of movers, near the market's 27.7%.
- 1,000+ lawyers59.1%
- 400-999 lawyers31.8%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 44 firms hired at least one lateral in Employment & Labor in Denver in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 51.3% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Fisher & Phillips, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers62.1%
- 400-999 lawyers20.7%
- under 150 lawyers12.1%
The practice accounts for 13.8% of all lateral moves in Denver. Over the three years to October 2026, 68.7% of movers came from another firm in Denver itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Employment & Labor in Denver, 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 | Fisher & Phillips | 6-10 |
| 2 | Ogletree Deakins | 6-10 |
| 3 | Holland & Knight | 6-10 |
| 4 | Spencer Fane | 3-5 |
| 5 | Venable | 3-5 |
| 6 | Baker & Hostetler | 3-5 |
| 7 | Greenspoon Marder | 3-5 |
| 8 | Holland & Hart | 3-5 |
Specialities in Employment & Labor in Denver
Over the three years to October 2026, Employment Litigation was involved in 74.7% of moves in Employment & Labor in Denver, then Employment Advisory with 50.6%.
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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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