Litigation & Disputes in Tampa: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 54 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Tampa, 1.0% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 67 to 55 (-17.9%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 166 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Tampa, 45 of them partners (27.1%). They joined 57 different firms. 13.3% stepped up a level on the move and 29.2% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 16.1% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

Partners account for 24.1% of movers, near the market's 27.7%. 18.5% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 57 firms hired at least one lateral in Litigation & Disputes in Tampa in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 38.2% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Dinsmore ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 56.2% of all lateral moves in Tampa. Over the three years to October 2026, 55.4% of movers came from another firm in Tampa itself. A change of city came with 27.9% of moves (market 20.5%).

With volume in Litigation & Disputes in Tampa holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.

67 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Tampa 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 12.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 79.7% made partner within 12 years.

These figures rest on 64 promotions.