Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in St. Louis: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in St. Louis over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 29
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -25.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 17.2%
- Partner share of moves
- 108
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 29 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in St. Louis from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 40 to 30 (-25.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | St. Louis | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 17.2% | 27.4% | 18.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 24.1% | 14.4% | 15.3% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 55.2% | 57.7% | 64.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 17.2% | 13.4% | 10.2% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 20.0% | 19.6% | 12.5% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 31.0% | 43.3% | 35.6% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-25.0%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (-17.9%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 lower here: 31.0% against 43.3%. Against all moves in St. Louis, the widest gap is the associate share, which is lower here: 55.2% against 64.4%. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 108 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in St. Louis, 25 of them partners (23.1%). They joined 41 different firms. 16.7% stepped up a level on the move and 16.0% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 35.7% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner17.2%
- Counsel24.1%
- Associate55.2%
At 17.2%, partners are a smaller slice of arrivals than in the market as a whole (27.7%). 17.2% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers31.0%
- 400-999 lawyers17.2%
- 150-399 lawyers44.8%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 41 firms hired at least one lateral in Litigation & Disputes in St. Louis in the window. Ten firms account for 55.4% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers35.7%
- 400-999 lawyers8.6%
- 150-399 lawyers40.0%
- under 150 lawyers15.7%
The practice accounts for 49.2% of all lateral moves in St. Louis. Over the three years to October 2026, 63.0% of movers came from another firm in St. Louis itself. 20.0% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
For a firm planning a hire in Litigation & Disputes in St. Louis, 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 | Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard | 11-20 |
| 2 | Thompson Coburn | 6-10 |
| 3 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 6-10 |
| 4 | Hinckley Allen & Snyder | 3-5 |
| 5 | Husch Blackwell | 3-5 |
| 6 | Dentons | 3-5 |
| 7 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 3-5 |
| 8 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon | 3-5 |
| 9 | Ogletree Deakins | 3-5 |
| 10 | Stinson | 3-5 |
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in St. Louis
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 25.9% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in St. Louis.
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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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