Practice by city · November 2026
Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 32
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +26.9%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 25.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 21
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 32 lateral moves in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta, 3.3% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 26 to 33 (+26.9%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Product Liability & Torts | Atlanta | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 25.0% | 27.3% | 24.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 18.8% | 16.8% | 15.2% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 56.2% | 55.8% | 57.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 14.8% | 15.0% | 12.1% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 9.6% | 20.9% | 16.4% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 38.7% | 40.7% | 41.4% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+26.9%) | flat (+2.3%) | flat (-10.4%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole, the share who changed city over three years stands out most: 9.6% here against 20.9%, below it. Set against all moves in Atlanta, the share who changed city over three years stands out most: 9.6% here against 16.4%, below it. Year on year it moved with the Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 88 lawyers moved in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta. They joined 36 different firms. 14.8% stepped up a level on the move and 9.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 39.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner25.0%
- Counsel18.8%
- Associate56.2%
The level mix sits close to the market: partners are 25.0% of arrivals, against 27.7% market-wide.
- 1,000+ lawyers38.7%
- 400-999 lawyers16.1%
- 150-399 lawyers25.8%
- under 150 lawyers19.4%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 36 firms hired at least one lateral in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 58.0% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers39.0%
- 400-999 lawyers11.9%
- 150-399 lawyers28.8%
- under 150 lawyers20.3%
The practice accounts for 13.5% of all lateral moves in Atlanta. Over the three years to October 2026, 75.0% of movers came from another firm in Atlanta itself.
There were 28 open roles in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
With volume in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.
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 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 6-10 |
| 2 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 6-10 |
| 3 | Morgan & Morgan | 6-10 |
| 4 | The Chartwell Law Offices | 3-5 |
| 5 | Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial | 3-5 |
| 6 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | 3-5 |
| 7 | King & Spalding | 3-5 |
| 8 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 3-5 |
| 9 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 3-5 |
Deals in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta
Sartori & Partners data count 31 dated deals in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta in the 12 months to October 2026 and 111 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 100.0% of them.
By client industry, Pharma & Biotech comes first with 20.7%.
King & Spalding ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 41-60 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | King & Spalding | 41-60 |
| 2 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 11-20 |
| 3 | Troutman Pepper Locke | 6-10 |
| 4 | Jones Day | 6-10 |
| 5 | Alston & Bird | 6-10 |
Time to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta
34 lawyers were promoted to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta 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 8.8 years and 13.2 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 71.9% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 32 promotions.
Specialities in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta
Over the three years to October 2026, Premises & General Liability was involved in 50.0% of moves in Product Liability & Torts in Atlanta, then Product Liability with 36.4%.
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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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