Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Sacramento: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Sacramento over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 27
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -10.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 22.2%
- Partner share of moves
- 90
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 27 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Sacramento, 0.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 30 to 27 (-10.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Sacramento | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 22.2% | 27.4% | 22.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 25.9% | 14.4% | 29.0% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 51.9% | 57.7% | 48.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 18.5% | 13.4% | 22.6% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 31.1% | 20.3% | 31.2% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 55.6% | 43.3% | 51.6% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-10.0%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (-24.4%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Against the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is higher here: 55.6% against 43.3%. Against all moves in Sacramento, the widest gap is the share who moved up a level, which is lower here: 18.5% against 22.6%. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 90 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Sacramento. They joined 26 different firms. 16.7% stepped up a level on the move and 31.1% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 48.9% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner22.2%
- Counsel25.9%
- Associate51.9%
Associates carry this flow: partners are 22.2% of arrivals, against 27.7% market-wide. A step up in title came with 18.5% of moves (market 12.9%).
- 1,000+ lawyers55.6%
- 400-999 lawyers18.5%
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 Sacramento were spread across 26 firms. Ten firms account for 71.9% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers48.9%
- 400-999 lawyers10.6%
- 150-399 lawyers10.6%
- under 150 lawyers29.8%
The practice accounts for 87.1% of all lateral moves in Sacramento. Over the three years to October 2026, 46.7% of movers came from another firm in Sacramento itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Litigation & Disputes in Sacramento, 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 | Fisher & Phillips | 6-10 |
| 3 | Stoel Rives | 6-10 |
| 4 | Greenberg Traurig | 6-10 |
| 5 | Jackson Lewis | 3-5 |
| 6 | Ogletree Deakins | 3-5 |
| 7 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 3-5 |
| 8 | Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo | 3-5 |
| 9 | Buchalter | 3-5 |
| 10 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 3-5 |
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 6-10 |
| 2 | Stoel Rives | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Sacramento
28 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Sacramento 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 12.8 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 73.1% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 26 promotions.
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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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