Practice by city · November 2026
Employment & Labor in Philadelphia: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Employment & Labor in Philadelphia over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 47
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 0.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 25.5%
- Partner share of moves
- 30
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 47 lateral moves in Employment & Labor in Philadelphia from November 2025 to October 2026, 3.1% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 49 to 49 (0.0%), which we read as flat. That trails the wider market, which moved +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Employment & Labor | Philadelphia | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 25.5% | 22.4% | 25.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 9.0% | 13.8% | 10.9% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 68.1% | 61.6% | 61.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 11.3% | 12.4% | 11.5% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 20.5% | 20.6% | 22.1% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 43.2% | 46.9% | 39.6% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (0.0%) | rose (+6.9%) | rose (+24.5%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 associate share, which is higher here: 68.1% against 61.6%. Set against all moves in Philadelphia, the associate share stands out most: 68.1% here against 61.5%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Employment & Labor practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 133 lawyers moved in Employment & Labor in Philadelphia, 35 of them partners (26.3%). They joined 53 different firms. 11.3% stepped up a level on the move and 20.2% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 34.4% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner25.5%
- Associate68.1%
With partners at 25.5% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%.
- 1,000+ lawyers43.2%
- 400-999 lawyers18.2%
- 150-399 lawyers27.3%
- under 150 lawyers11.4%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 53 firms hired at least one lateral in Employment & Labor in Philadelphia in the window. Ten firms account for 42.1% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Jackson Lewis, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers34.4%
- 400-999 lawyers24.7%
- 150-399 lawyers25.8%
- under 150 lawyers15.1%
The practice accounts for 17.4% of all lateral moves in Philadelphia. Over the three years to October 2026, 59.4% of movers came from another firm in Philadelphia itself. 20.5% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
With volume in Employment & Labor in Philadelphia 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 | Blank Rome | 6-10 |
| 3 | Littler Mendelson | 3-5 |
| 4 | Fisher & Phillips | 3-5 |
| 5 | Goldberg Segalla | 3-5 |
| 6 | McNees Wallace & Nurick | 3-5 |
| 7 | Fox Rothschild | 3-5 |
| 8 | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | 3-5 |
| 9 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 3-5 |
| 10 | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | 3-5 |
Deals in Employment & Labor in Philadelphia
Sartori & Partners data count 25 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 92.0% of them.
Time to partner in Employment & Labor in Philadelphia
39 lawyers were promoted to partner in Employment & Labor in Philadelphia over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 11.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 73.0% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 37 promotions.
Specialities in Employment & Labor in Philadelphia
Over the three years to October 2026, Employment Litigation was involved in 67.7% of moves in Employment & Labor in Philadelphia, then Discrimination & Harassment with 44.4%.
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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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