Litigation & Disputes in New York: lateral monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 733 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in New York from November 2025 to October 2026, 13.0% of the practice's moves. On settled 12-month windows the count showed no clear change: 711 against 693 (+2.6%). The market as a whole moved +9.0%, so this flow lagged it.

Over the three years to October 2026, 2,113 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in New York, 613 of them partners (29.0%). They joined 348 different firms. 12.1% stepped up a level on the move and 12.0% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 47.6% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

With partners at 28.9% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 205 to 190 (-7.3%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 11.5% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

244 firms hired at least one lateral in Litigation & Disputes in New York in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 14.5% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is spread wide. Hinshaw & Culbertson ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.

The practice accounts for 35.2% of all lateral moves in New York. Over the three years to October 2026, 69.6% of movers came from another firm in New York itself. 11.0% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

2.9% of moves came as part of a group, against 1.5% market-wide.

There were 87 open roles in Litigation & Disputes in New York on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

With volume in Litigation & Disputes in New York 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 396 dated deals in Litigation & Disputes in New York in the 12 months to October 2026 and 982 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 98.1% of them.

By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions comes first with 10.7%.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 41-60 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 37.1% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in New York, then Class Actions with 12.3%.