Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Orlando: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Orlando over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 33
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +25.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 21
- Firms that hired
- 96
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 33 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Orlando from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.6% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 28 to 35 (+25.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Orlando | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves (three years) | 24.0% | 27.3% | 23.6% | 26.9% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 11.5% | 13.4% | 11.2% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 75.8% | 57.7% | 68.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 13.5% | 13.2% | 13.0% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 20.8% | 19.6% | 18.2% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 18.8% | 43.3% | 18.0% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+25.0%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (+20.4%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Set against the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 18.8% here against 43.3%, below it. Set against all moves in Orlando, the associate share stands out most: 75.8% here against 68.4%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 96 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Orlando, 23 of them partners (24.0%). They joined 39 different firms. 13.5% stepped up a level on the move and 27.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 20.4% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner24.0%
- Counsel11.5%
- Associate64.6%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 39 firms hired at least one lateral in Litigation & Disputes in Orlando in the window. Ten firms account for 54.2% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers18.8%
- 400-999 lawyers40.6%
- 150-399 lawyers28.1%
The practice accounts for 57.9% of all lateral moves in Orlando. Over the three years to October 2026, 52.1% of movers came from another firm in Orlando itself. A change of city came with 20.8% of moves (market 20.5%).
- 1,000+ lawyers20.4%
- 400-999 lawyers25.9%
- 150-399 lawyers31.5%
- under 150 lawyers22.2%
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 | Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman | 6-10 |
| 2 | Shutts & Bowen | 6-10 |
| 3 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 6-10 |
| 4 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 6-10 |
| 5 | Becker & Poliakoff | 3-5 |
| 6 | Jackson Lewis | 3-5 |
| 7 | Lowndes | 3-5 |
| 8 | Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz | 3-5 |
| 9 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 3-5 |
| 10 | Kubicki Draper | 3-5 |
Deals in Litigation & Disputes in Orlando
Cole Scott & Kissane ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 6-10 |
Time to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Orlando
24 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Orlando over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 9.0 years, with the middle half between 7.0 years and 12.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 82.6% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 23 promotions.
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in Orlando
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 38.5% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Orlando.
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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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