Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Columbus: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Columbus over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 25
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +30.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 24.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 73
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 25 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Columbus from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.4% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 20 to 26 (+30.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Columbus | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 24.0% | 27.4% | 23.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 9.6% | 13.4% | 12.1% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 64.0% | 57.7% | 63.6% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 9.6% | 13.2% | 12.1% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 25.0% | 19.6% | 25.6% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 20.0% | 43.3% | 22.2% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+30.0%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (+36.6%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is lower here: 20.0% against 43.3%. Against all moves in Columbus, the widest gap is the counsel share over three years, which is lower here: 9.6% against 12.1%. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 73 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Columbus. They joined 28 different firms. 9.6% stepped up a level on the move and 10.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 20.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner24.0%
- Associate64.0%
With partners at 24.0% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%.
- 1,000+ lawyers20.0%
- 400-999 lawyers36.0%
- 150-399 lawyers40.0%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 28 firms hired at least one lateral in Litigation & Disputes in Columbus in the window. Ten firms account for 64.4% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Taft Stettinius & Hollister ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers20.0%
- 400-999 lawyers25.5%
- 150-399 lawyers49.1%
The practice accounts for 45.5% of all lateral moves in Columbus. Over the three years to October 2026, 69.9% of movers came from another firm in Columbus itself. A change of city came with 25.0% of moves (market 20.5%).
With volume in Litigation & Disputes in Columbus 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 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | 6-10 |
| 2 | Baker & Hostetler | 3-5 |
| 3 | Dinsmore | 3-5 |
| 4 | Thompson Hine | 3-5 |
| 5 | Littler Mendelson | 3-5 |
| 6 | FBT Gibbons | 3-5 |
| 7 | Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease | 3-5 |
| 8 | Calfee, Halter & Griswold | 3-5 |
| 9 | Porter Wright Morris & Arthur | 3-5 |
| 10 | Roetzel & Andress | 3-5 |
Deals in Litigation & Disputes in Columbus
Sartori & Partners data count 21 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 95.2% of them.
Jones Day ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jones Day | 6-10 |
| 2 | Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Columbus
45 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Columbus over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 10.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 71.4% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 42 promotions.
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in Columbus
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 39.7% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Columbus.
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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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