Practice by city · November 2026
Product Liability & Torts in Houston: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Product Liability & Torts in Houston over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 30
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +32.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 36.7%
- Partner share of moves
- 22
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 30 lateral moves in Product Liability & Torts in Houston, 3.1% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 25 to 33 (+32.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Product Liability & Torts | Houston | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 36.7% | 27.3% | 29.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 23.7% | 15.1% | 13.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 53.3% | 55.8% | 59.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 17.5% | 15.0% | 11.5% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 22.7% | 19.7% | 16.8% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 55.2% | 40.7% | 58.9% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+32.0%) | flat (+2.3%) | rose (+51.1%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is higher here: 55.2% against 40.7%. Set against all moves in Houston, the counsel share over three years stands out most: 23.7% here against 13.8%, 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, 97 lawyers moved in Product Liability & Torts in Houston, 29 of them partners (29.9%). They joined 53 different firms. 17.5% stepped up a level on the move and 19.2% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 44.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner36.7%
- Associate53.3%
This is a partner market: 36.7% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide.
- 1,000+ lawyers55.2%
- 400-999 lawyers17.2%
- 150-399 lawyers20.7%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 53 firms hired at least one lateral in Product Liability & Torts in Houston in the window. Ten firms account for 42.7% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers44.0%
- 150-399 lawyers16.0%
- under 150 lawyers32.0%
The practice accounts for 9.1% of all lateral moves in Houston. Over the three years to October 2026, 64.9% of movers came from another firm in Houston itself. 22.7% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
With volume in Product Liability & Torts in Houston 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 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 6-10 |
| 2 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 3-5 |
| 3 | Spencer Fane | 3-5 |
| 4 | Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial | 3-5 |
| 5 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 3-5 |
| 6 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 3-5 |
| 7 | O'Melveny & Myers | 3-5 |
Deals in Product Liability & Torts in Houston
Sartori & Partners data count 31 dated deals in Product Liability & Torts in Houston in the 12 months to October 2026 and 79 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 98.7% 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 | Litchfield Cavo | 6-10 |
| 3 | King & Spalding | 3-5 |
| 4 | Baker Botts | 3-5 |
| 5 | Susman Godfrey. | 3-5 |
| 6 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon | 3-5 |
| 7 | Jackson Walker | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Houston
26 lawyers were promoted to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Houston 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 12.5 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 73.9% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 23 promotions.
Specialities in Product Liability & Torts in Houston
Over the three years to October 2026, Product Liability was involved in 51.5% of moves in Product Liability & Torts in Houston, then Personal Injury & Wrongful Death with 49.5%.
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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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