Practice by city · November 2026
Product Liability & Torts in Boston: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Product Liability & Torts in Boston over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 21
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -16.7%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 21
- Firms that hired
- 69
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 21 lawyers joined a new firm in Product Liability & Torts in Boston from November 2025 to October 2026, 2.2% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 24 to 20 (-16.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Product Liability & Torts | Boston | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves (three years) | 20.3% | 28.1% | 30.1% | 26.9% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 15.9% | 15.1% | 11.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 61.9% | 55.8% | 57.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 13.0% | 15.0% | 10.8% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 15.8% | 20.9% | 15.2% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 30.0% | 40.7% | 57.9% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-16.7%) | flat (+2.3%) | rose (+23.7%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 30.0% here against 40.7%, below it. Set against all moves in Boston, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 30.0% here against 57.9%, 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, 69 lawyers moved in Product Liability & Torts in Boston. They joined 33 different firms. 13.0% stepped up a level on the move and 15.8% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 43.8% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner20.3%
- Counsel15.9%
- Associate63.8%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 33 firms hired at least one lateral in Product Liability & Torts in Boston in the window. Ten firms account for 52.2% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Shook, Hardy & Bacon, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers30.0%
- 400-999 lawyers30.0%
- 150-399 lawyers40.0%
There were 33 open roles in Product Liability & Torts in Boston on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
- 1,000+ lawyers43.8%
- 400-999 lawyers15.6%
- 150-399 lawyers25.0%
- under 150 lawyers15.6%
The practice accounts for 5.8% of all lateral moves in Boston. Over the three years to October 2026, 69.6% of movers came from another firm in Boston itself.
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 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon | 6-10 |
| 2 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 3-5 |
| 3 | Kiernan Trebach | 3-5 |
| 4 | Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott | 3-5 |
| 5 | Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman | 3-5 |
| 6 | Harris Beach Murtha | 3-5 |
| 7 | Barnes & Thornburg | 3-5 |
Deals in Product Liability & Torts in Boston
Sartori & Partners data count 38 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 100.0% of them.
Specialities in Product Liability & Torts in Boston
Over the three years to October 2026, Product Liability was involved in 66.7% of moves in Product Liability & Torts in Boston, then Premises & General Liability with 42.0%.
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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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