Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Newark: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Newark over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 28
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +50.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 25.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 74
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 28 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Newark, 0.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 20 to 30 (+50.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Newark | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 25.0% | 27.4% | 21.3% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 13.5% | 13.4% | 12.6% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 67.9% | 57.7% | 68.1% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 12.2% | 13.2% | 10.1% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 74.5% | 20.3% | 81.8% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 25.0% | 43.3% | 23.4% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+50.0%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (+28.2%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 changed city over three years, which is higher here: 74.5% against 20.3%. Against all moves in Newark, the widest gap is the share who changed city over three years, which is lower here: 74.5% against 81.8%. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 74 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Newark, 24 of them partners (32.4%). They joined 21 different firms. 12.2% stepped up a level on the move and 74.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 18.4% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner25.0%
- Associate67.9%
Partners account for 25.0% of movers, near the market's 27.7%.
- 1,000+ lawyers25.0%
- 400-999 lawyers46.4%
- 150-399 lawyers21.4%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 21 firms hired at least one lateral in Litigation & Disputes in Newark in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 79.7% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is McCarter & English, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers18.4%
- 400-999 lawyers23.7%
- 150-399 lawyers28.9%
- under 150 lawyers28.9%
The practice accounts for 59.6% of all lateral moves in Newark. Over the three years to October 2026, New York was the most common origin, with 28.4% of movers.
With volume in Litigation & Disputes in Newark 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 | McCarter & English | 11-20 |
| 2 | Sills Cummis & Gross | 6-10 |
| 3 | Goldberg Segalla | 6-10 |
| 4 | FBT Gibbons | 6-10 |
| 5 | Littler Mendelson | 3-5 |
| 6 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 3-5 |
| 7 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 3-5 |
| 8 | K & L Gates | 3-5 |
| 9 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 10 | Epstein Becker & Green | 3-5 |
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | McCarter & English | 6-10 |
| 2 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Newark
41 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Newark over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 10.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 14.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 62.2% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 37 promotions.
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in Newark
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 35.1% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Newark.
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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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