Practice by city · November 2026
Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 83
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +15.7%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 26.5%
- Partner share of moves
- 44
- Firms that hired
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 83 lawyers joined a new firm in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles from November 2025 to October 2026, 8.6% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 70 to 81 (+15.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Product Liability & Torts | Los Angeles | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 26.5% | 27.3% | 27.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 12.0% | 16.8% | 13.9% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 61.4% | 55.8% | 57.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 10.8% | 15.7% | 13.8% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 14.3% | 19.7% | 16.4% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 38.2% | 40.7% | 47.0% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+15.7%) | flat (+2.3%) | rose (+21.0%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 associate share stands out most: 61.4% here against 55.8%, above it. Against all moves in Los Angeles, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is lower here: 38.2% against 47.0%. Year on year it moved with the Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 225 lawyers moved in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles, 64 of them partners (28.4%). They joined 76 different firms. 13.3% stepped up a level on the move and 14.2% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 46.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner26.5%
- Counsel12.0%
- Associate61.4%
With partners at 26.5% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 20 to 20 (0.0%), which we read as flat. A step up in title came with 10.8% of moves (market 12.9%).
- 1,000+ lawyers38.2%
- 400-999 lawyers28.9%
- 150-399 lawyers22.4%
- under 150 lawyers10.5%
44 firms hired at least one lateral in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles in the window. Ten firms account for 46.3% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Clyde & Co, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers46.3%
- 400-999 lawyers18.2%
- 150-399 lawyers19.8%
- under 150 lawyers15.7%
The practice accounts for 11.7% of all lateral moves in Los Angeles. Over the three years to October 2026, 61.8% of movers came from another firm in Los Angeles itself. 14.3% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
There were 44 open roles in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm planning a hire in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.
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 | Clyde & Co | 6-10 |
| 2 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 6-10 |
| 3 | Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney | 3-5 |
| 4 | Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman | 3-5 |
| 5 | Barnes & Thornburg | 3-5 |
| 6 | Bowman and Brooke | 3-5 |
| 7 | Lydecker | 3-5 |
| 8 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 3-5 |
| 9 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon | 3-5 |
Deals in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles
Sartori & Partners data count 61 dated deals in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles in the 12 months to October 2026 and 166 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 98.8% of them.
King & Spalding ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | King & Spalding | 21-40 |
| 2 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 6-10 |
| 3 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 6-10 |
| 4 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 6-10 |
| 5 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 6-10 |
| 6 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | 6-10 |
| 7 | Tucker Ellis | 3-5 |
| 8 | Steptoe | 3-5 |
| 9 | Litchfield Cavo | 3-5 |
| 10 | Kirkland & Ellis | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles
39 lawyers were promoted to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 11.0 years, with the middle half between 10.0 years and 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 73.0% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 37 promotions.
Specialities in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles
Over the three years to October 2026, Product Liability was involved in 57.3% of moves in Product Liability & Torts in Los Angeles, then Premises & General Liability with 33.3%.
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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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