Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Indianapolis: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Indianapolis over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 26
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 0.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 34.6%
- Partner share of moves
- 73
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 26 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Indianapolis, 0.5% of the practice's moves. On settled 12-month windows the count showed no clear change: 24 against 24 (0.0%). That trails the wider market, which moved +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Indianapolis | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 34.6% | 27.4% | 34.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 11.0% | 13.4% | 12.4% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 50.0% | 57.7% | 51.2% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 19.2% | 13.4% | 14.0% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 23.6% | 20.3% | 30.1% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 23.1% | 43.3% | 39.5% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (0.0%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (+2.6%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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: 23.1% against 43.3%. Against all moves in Indianapolis, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is lower here: 23.1% against 39.5%. 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 Indianapolis, 22 of them partners (30.1%). They joined 25 different firms. 17.8% stepped up a level on the move and 23.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 35.1% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner34.6%
- Associate50.0%
Partners make up 34.6% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. A step up in title came with 19.2% of moves (market 12.9%).
- 1,000+ lawyers23.1%
- 400-999 lawyers42.3%
- under 150 lawyers19.2%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Litigation & Disputes in Indianapolis were spread across 25 firms. Ten firms account for 69.4% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. McCarter & English ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers35.1%
- 400-999 lawyers27.0%
- 150-399 lawyers35.1%
The practice accounts for 60.5% of all lateral moves in Indianapolis. Over the three years to October 2026, 57.5% of movers came from another firm in Indianapolis itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Litigation & Disputes in Indianapolis, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.
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 | McCarter & English | 6-10 |
| 2 | Amundsen Davis | 6-10 |
| 3 | Krieg DeVault | 6-10 |
| 4 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | 3-5 |
| 5 | Barnes & Thornburg | 3-5 |
| 6 | Ice Miller | 3-5 |
| 7 | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | 3-5 |
| 8 | FBT Gibbons | 3-5 |
| 9 | Dinsmore | 3-5 |
| 10 | Jackson Lewis | 3-5 |
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | McCarter & English | 6-10 |
| 2 | Amundsen Davis | 3-5 |
| 3 | Krieg DeVault | 3-5 |
Deals in Litigation & Disputes in Indianapolis
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | 6-10 |
Time to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Indianapolis
27 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Indianapolis 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 11.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 80.0% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 25 promotions.
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in Indianapolis
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 42.5% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Indianapolis.
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Hiring in this market
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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