Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Pittsburgh: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Pittsburgh 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
- -10.5%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 24.2%
- Partner share of moves
- 23
- Firms that hired
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 33 lawyers joined a new firm in Litigation & Disputes in Pittsburgh from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.6% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 38 to 34 (-10.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Pittsburgh | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 24.2% | 27.4% | 23.0% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 14.4% | 13.4% | 16.4% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 63.6% | 57.7% | 60.8% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 16.1% | 13.2% | 15.1% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 9.8% | 20.3% | 14.3% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 46.9% | 43.3% | 45.8% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-10.5%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (+1.3%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 who changed city over three years stands out most: 9.8% here against 20.3%, below it. Set against all moves in Pittsburgh, the share who changed city over three years stands out most: 9.8% here against 14.3%, below it. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 118 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Pittsburgh, 29 of them partners (24.6%). They joined 44 different firms. 16.1% stepped up a level on the move and 9.8% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 36.1% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner24.2%
- Associate63.6%
With partners at 24.2% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%.
- 1,000+ lawyers46.9%
- 400-999 lawyers34.4%
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 Pittsburgh were spread across 44 firms. Ten firms account for 48.7% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers36.1%
- 400-999 lawyers18.1%
- 150-399 lawyers34.9%
- under 150 lawyers10.8%
The practice accounts for 44.6% of all lateral moves in Pittsburgh. Over the three years to October 2026, 70.3% of movers came from another firm in Pittsburgh itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Litigation & Disputes in Pittsburgh, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.
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 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 11-20 |
| 2 | K & L Gates | 6-10 |
| 3 | Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott | 6-10 |
| 4 | Reed Smith | 6-10 |
| 5 | Jackson Lewis | 3-5 |
| 6 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 3-5 |
| 7 | Marshall Dennehey | 3-5 |
| 8 | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | 3-5 |
| 9 | Littler Mendelson | 3-5 |
| 10 | Fisher & Phillips | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Pittsburgh
59 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Pittsburgh over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 11.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 14.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 64.3% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 56 promotions.
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in Pittsburgh
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 42.4% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Pittsburgh.
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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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