Employment & Labor in New York: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 151 lateral moves in Employment & Labor in New York, 10.0% of the practice's moves. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 153 moves against 122 the year before, the count rose 25.4%. It outpaced the market's own change of +9.0%.

Over the three years to October 2026, 424 lawyers moved in Employment & Labor in New York, 102 of them partners (24.1%). They joined 162 different firms. 11.3% stepped up a level on the move and 14.0% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 49.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

With partners at 24.5% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 26 to 37 (+42.3%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 11.3% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

Lateral hires in Employment & Labor in New York were spread across 83 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 36.2% 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 7.2% of all lateral moves in New York. Over the three years to October 2026, 68.2% of movers came from another firm in New York itself. A change of city came with 12.0% of moves (market 20.5%).

There were 27 open roles in Employment & Labor in New York on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

Volume in Employment & Labor in New York is rising with a mix close to the market, so timing matters more than the level you hire at.

Sartori & Partners data count 41 dated deals in Employment & Labor in New York in the 12 months to October 2026 and 88 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 94.3% of them.

O'Melveny & Myers ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 11-20 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Employment Litigation was involved in 62.0% of moves in Employment & Labor in New York, then Discrimination & Harassment with 42.9%.