Practice by city · November 2026
Product Liability & Torts in Dallas: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 24
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -8.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 33.3%
- Partner share of moves
- 74
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 24 lawyers joined a new firm in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas from November 2025 to October 2026, 2.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 25 to 23 (-8.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Product Liability & Torts | Dallas | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 33.3% | 27.3% | 32.2% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 25.0% | 16.8% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 41.7% | 55.8% | 54.2% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 33.3% | 15.7% | 11.3% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 16.4% | 20.9% | 16.3% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers (three years) | 25.4% | 39.5% | 46.4% | 52.5% |
| Year on year | flat (-8.0%) | flat (+2.3%) | rose (+28.2%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 moved up a level stands out most: 33.3% here against 15.7%, above it. Set against all moves in Dallas, the share who moved up a level stands out most: 33.3% here against 11.3%, above it. Year on year it moved with the Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 74 lawyers moved in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas, 25 of them partners (33.8%). They joined 40 different firms. 24.3% stepped up a level on the move and 16.4% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 40.5% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner33.3%
- Counsel25.0%
- Associate41.7%
Partners make up 33.3% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. A step up in title came with 33.3% of moves (market 12.9%).
- 400-999 lawyers39.1%
- 150-399 lawyers39.1%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 40 firms hired at least one lateral in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas in the window. Ten firms account for 52.7% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is The Chartwell Law Offices, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers40.5%
- 150-399 lawyers29.7%
- under 150 lawyers18.9%
The practice accounts for 7.0% of all lateral moves in Dallas. Over the three years to October 2026, 68.9% of movers came from another firm in Dallas itself.
There were 30 open roles in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
With volume in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas 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 | The Chartwell Law Offices | 6-10 |
| 2 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 3-5 |
| 3 | Spencer Fane | 3-5 |
| 4 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 3-5 |
| 5 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 3-5 |
| 6 | Phelps Dunbar | 3-5 |
| 7 | Dykema Gossett | 3-5 |
| 8 | Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman | 3-5 |
Deals in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas
Sartori & Partners data count 25 dated deals in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas in the 12 months to October 2026 and 78 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 100.0% of them.
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons | 6-10 |
| 2 | King & Spalding | 6-10 |
| 3 | Jackson Walker | 3-5 |
| 4 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 3-5 |
| 5 | Haynes and Boone | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas
28 lawyers were promoted to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas 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 11.8 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 80.8% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 26 promotions.
Specialities in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas
Over the three years to October 2026, Product Liability was involved in 55.4% of moves in Product Liability & Torts in Dallas, then Personal Injury & Wrongful Death with 43.2%.
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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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