Litigation & Disputes in Denver: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 91 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Denver, 1.6% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 93 to 98 (+5.4%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 297 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Denver, 94 of them partners (31.6%). They joined 82 different firms. 14.5% stepped up a level on the move and 21.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 51.9% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

Partners account for 28.6% of movers, near the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 32 to 26 (-18.8%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. A step up in title came with 13.2% of moves (market 12.9%).

Lateral hires in Litigation & Disputes in Denver were spread across 44 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 49.5% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Taft Stettinius & Hollister ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 54.5% of all lateral moves in Denver. Over the three years to October 2026, 66.3% of movers came from another firm in Denver itself. A change of city came with 26.2% of moves (market 20.5%).

With volume in Litigation & Disputes in Denver holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.

Sartori & Partners data count 30 dated deals in Litigation & Disputes in Denver in the 12 months to October 2026 and 63 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 100.0% of them.

Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 11-20 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 42.1% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Denver, then Class Actions with 9.4%.