Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in New Orleans: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in New Orleans over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 31
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 77
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 31 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in New Orleans, 0.6% of the practice's moves.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | New Orleans | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves (three years) | 23.4% | 27.3% | 22.1% | 26.9% |
| Counsel share of moves | 32.3% | 14.4% | 27.8% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 54.8% | 57.7% | 61.1% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 19.4% | 13.4% | 16.7% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 17.9% | 20.3% | 14.1% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 24.1% | 43.3% | 26.5% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | - | rose (+7.5%) | rose (+81.0%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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: 24.1% against 43.3%. Against all moves in New Orleans, the widest gap is the associate share, which is lower here: 54.8% against 61.1%.
Over the three years to October 2026, 77 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in New Orleans. They joined 29 different firms. 20.8% stepped up a level on the move and 17.9% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 22.6% came from firms with 400-999 lawyers.
- Counsel32.3%
- Associate54.8%
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 New Orleans were spread across 29 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 70.1% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Jones Walker, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers24.1%
- 400-999 lawyers62.1%
The practice accounts for 86.1% of all lateral moves in New Orleans. Over the three years to October 2026, 59.7% of movers came from another firm in New Orleans itself.
- 400-999 lawyers22.6%
- 150-399 lawyers19.4%
- under 150 lawyers48.4%
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 | Jones Walker | 6-10 |
| 2 | Phelps Dunbar | 6-10 |
| 3 | Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz | 6-10 |
| 4 | Kean Miller | 6-10 |
| 5 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 6-10 |
| 6 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 6-10 |
| 7 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | 3-5 |
| 8 | Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman | 3-5 |
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in New Orleans
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 35.1% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in New Orleans.
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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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