Practice by city · November 2026
Intellectual Property in Dallas: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Intellectual Property 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
- 44
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +87.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 54.5%
- Partner share of moves
- 24
- Firms that hired
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 44 lawyers joined a new firm in Intellectual Property in Dallas from November 2025 to October 2026, 4.2% of the practice's moves. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 43 moves against 23 the year before, the count rose 87.0%. The market as a whole moved +9.0%, so this flow outpaced it.
| Measure | Here | Intellectual Property | Dallas | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 54.5% | 34.4% | 32.2% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 5.6% | 11.8% | 12.1% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 38.6% | 49.7% | 54.2% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 15.7% | 12.5% | 12.4% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 11.4% | 18.5% | 16.3% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 61.0% | 48.6% | 46.5% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | rose (+87.0%) | flat (+7.2%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Intellectual Property practice as a whole, the partner share stands out most: 54.5% here against 34.4%, above it. Against all moves in Dallas, the widest gap is the partner share, which is higher here: 54.5% against 32.2%. Year on year it rose while the Intellectual Property practice as a whole held flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 89 lawyers moved in Intellectual Property in Dallas, 48 of them partners (53.9%). They joined 43 different firms. 15.7% stepped up a level on the move and 11.4% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 45.5% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner54.5%
- Associate38.6%
Partners make up 54.5% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow.
- 1,000+ lawyers61.0%
- 400-999 lawyers12.2%
- under 150 lawyers22.0%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Intellectual Property in Dallas were spread across 43 firms. Ten firms account for 46.1% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Munsch Hardt, Kopf & Harr, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers45.5%
- 400-999 lawyers19.5%
- 150-399 lawyers10.4%
- under 150 lawyers24.7%
The practice accounts for 12.8% of all lateral moves in Dallas. Over the three years to October 2026, 78.7% of movers came from another firm in Dallas itself.
Group moves were 27.3% of the total (market 1.5%).
A firm recruiting in Intellectual Property in Dallas is buying into a rising, partner-heavy flow, so the strongest candidates will hear from more than one firm.
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 | Munsch Hardt, Kopf & Harr | 6-10 |
| 2 | Winston Taylor | 3-5 |
| 3 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 3-5 |
| 4 | Winstead | 3-5 |
| 5 | Alston & Bird | 3-5 |
| 6 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 7 | Jackson Walker | 3-5 |
| 8 | Haynes and Boone | 3-5 |
Deals in Intellectual Property in Dallas
Sartori & Partners data count 86 dated deals in Intellectual Property in Dallas in the 12 months to October 2026 and 198 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 94.9% of them.
By client industry, Technology & Software comes first with 15.7%.
Jackson Walker ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson Walker | 21-40 |
| 2 | Baker McKenzie | 11-20 |
| 3 | Haynes and Boone | 11-20 |
| 4 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 6-10 |
| 5 | Munck Wilson Mandala | 6-10 |
| 6 | Greenberg Traurig | 6-10 |
| 7 | Baker Botts | 6-10 |
| 8 | Alston & Bird | 6-10 |
| 9 | King & Spalding | 3-5 |
| 10 | Jones Day | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Intellectual Property in Dallas
34 lawyers were promoted to partner in Intellectual Property in Dallas over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 9.0 years, with the middle half between 8.0 years and 10.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 84.8% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 33 promotions.
Specialities in Intellectual Property in Dallas
Over the three years to October 2026, Patent Litigation was involved in 48.3% of moves in Intellectual Property in Dallas, then Trade Secrets with 36.0%.
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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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