Litigation & Disputes in Miami: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 165 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Miami, 2.9% of the practice's moves. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the count grew 30.7% (127 to 166). That runs ahead of the wider market, which moved +9.0%.

Over the three years to October 2026, 438 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Miami, 135 of them partners (30.8%). They joined 121 different firms. 14.8% stepped up a level on the move and 17.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 36.5% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

With partners at 28.5% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 41 to 49 (+19.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 15.8% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

Lateral hires in Litigation & Disputes in Miami were spread across 70 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 41.2% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Greenberg Traurig, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.

The practice accounts for 54.6% of all lateral moves in Miami. Over the three years to October 2026, 65.1% of movers came from another firm in Miami itself. 22.4% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

There were 29 open roles in Litigation & Disputes in Miami on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

For a firm hiring in Litigation & Disputes in Miami, a rising market means candidates have options: move quickly once a shortlist exists.

Sartori & Partners data count 41 dated deals in Litigation & Disputes in Miami in the 12 months to October 2026 and 109 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 97.2% of them.

Cole Scott & Kissane 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 43.8% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Miami, then Class Actions with 8.7%.