Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Las Vegas: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Las Vegas over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 21
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -26.7%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 33.3%
- Partner share of moves
- 65
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 21 lawyers joined a new firm in Litigation & Disputes in Las Vegas from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.4% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 30 to 22 (-26.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Las Vegas | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 33.3% | 27.4% | 27.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 23.8% | 14.4% | 27.6% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 42.9% | 57.7% | 44.8% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 28.6% | 13.4% | 24.1% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 11.8% | 20.3% | 10.8% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 47.6% | 43.3% | 48.3% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-26.7%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (-14.3%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 who moved up a level, which is higher here: 28.6% against 13.4%. Set against all moves in Las Vegas, the partner share stands out most: 33.3% here against 27.6%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 65 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Las Vegas, 23 of them partners (35.4%). They joined 33 different firms. 16.9% stepped up a level on the move and 11.8% 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.
- Partner33.3%
- Counsel23.8%
- Associate42.9%
Partners make up 33.3% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. 28.6% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers47.6%
- 400-999 lawyers33.3%
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 Las Vegas were spread across 33 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 58.5% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Spencer Fane, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers45.5%
- 400-999 lawyers27.3%
- 150-399 lawyers13.6%
- under 150 lawyers13.6%
The practice accounts for 72.4% of all lateral moves in Las Vegas. Over the three years to October 2026, 69.2% of movers came from another firm in Las Vegas itself.
With volume in Litigation & Disputes in Las Vegas 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 | Spencer Fane | 6-10 |
| 2 | Littler Mendelson | 3-5 |
| 3 | Holland & Hart | 3-5 |
| 4 | Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial | 3-5 |
| 5 | Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman | 3-5 |
| 6 | Dentons | 3-5 |
| 7 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 3-5 |
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in Las Vegas
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 47.7% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Las Vegas.
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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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