Litigation & Disputes in Dallas: lateral monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 178 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Dallas from November 2025 to October 2026, 3.2% of the practice's moves. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 177 moves against 126 the year before, the count rose 40.5%. That runs ahead of the wider market, which moved +9.0%.

Over the three years to October 2026, 448 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Dallas, 138 of them partners (30.8%). They joined 132 different firms. 14.1% stepped up a level on the move and 14.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 44.7% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

With partners at 32.6% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, partner moves alone grew 90.3% (31 to 59). A step up in title came with 14.0% of moves (market 12.9%).

Lateral hires in Litigation & Disputes in Dallas were spread across 77 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 30.2% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Haynes and Boone ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 51.6% of all lateral moves in Dallas. Over the three years to October 2026, 71.9% of movers came from another firm in Dallas itself. 13.8% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

Group moves were 9.0% of the total (market 1.5%).

There were 28 open roles in Litigation & Disputes in Dallas on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

Volume in Litigation & Disputes in Dallas is rising with a mix close to the market, so timing matters more than the level you hire at.

Sartori & Partners data count 64 dated deals in Litigation & Disputes in Dallas in the 12 months to October 2026 and 175 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 96.0% of them.

By client industry, Oil & Gas comes first with 11.4%.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 45.5% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Dallas, then Class Actions with 8.7%.