Employment & Labor in Los Angeles: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 166 lateral moves in Employment & Labor in Los Angeles, 11.0% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 160 to 172 (+7.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 494 lawyers moved in Employment & Labor in Los Angeles, 106 of them partners (21.5%). They joined 135 different firms. 15.4% stepped up a level on the move and 14.9% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 47.2% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

Partners account for 24.1% of movers, near the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 35 to 40 (+14.3%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 16.3% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

79 firms hired at least one lateral in Employment & Labor in Los Angeles in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 42.1% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Jackson Lewis, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.

The practice accounts for 23.3% of all lateral moves in Los Angeles. Over the three years to October 2026, 63.6% of movers came from another firm in Los Angeles itself. 17.9% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

There were 47 open roles in Employment & Labor in Los Angeles on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

With volume in Employment & Labor in Los Angeles holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.

Sartori & Partners data count 38 dated deals in Employment & Labor in Los Angeles in the 12 months to October 2026 and 123 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 95.9% of them.

By client industry, Government & Public Sector comes first with 47.2%.

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 61-100 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Employment Litigation was involved in 81.0% of moves in Employment & Labor in Los Angeles, then Wage & Hour with 63.2%.