Practice by city · November 2026
Product Liability & Torts in Miami: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Product Liability & Torts in Miami over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 60
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +44.2%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 25.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 36
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 60 lateral moves in Product Liability & Torts in Miami from November 2025 to October 2026, 6.2% of the practice's moves. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 62 moves against 43 the year before, the count rose 44.2%. It outpaced the market's own change of +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Product Liability & Torts | Miami | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 25.0% | 27.3% | 30.5% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 8.3% | 16.8% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 66.7% | 55.8% | 57.6% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 15.0% | 15.7% | 16.2% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 13.0% | 19.7% | 28.7% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 33.3% | 40.7% | 50.7% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | rose (+44.2%) | flat (+2.3%) | rose (+34.4%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 associate share stands out most: 66.7% here against 55.8%, above it. Set against all moves in Miami, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 33.3% here against 50.7%, below it. Year on year it rose while the Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole held flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 165 lawyers moved in Product Liability & Torts in Miami, 47 of them partners (28.5%). They joined 64 different firms. 16.4% stepped up a level on the move and 14.1% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 32.2% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner25.0%
- Counsel8.3%
- Associate66.7%
Partners account for 25.0% of movers, near the market's 27.7%. A step up in title came with 15.0% of moves (market 12.9%).
- 1,000+ lawyers33.3%
- 400-999 lawyers28.1%
- 150-399 lawyers26.3%
- under 150 lawyers12.3%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 64 firms hired at least one lateral in Product Liability & Torts in Miami in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 45.7% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers32.2%
- 400-999 lawyers21.1%
- 150-399 lawyers26.7%
- under 150 lawyers20.0%
The practice accounts for 19.9% of all lateral moves in Miami. Over the three years to October 2026, 66.7% of movers came from another firm in Miami itself. 13.0% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
Volume in Product Liability & Torts in Miami is rising with a mix close to the market, so timing matters more than the level you hire at.
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 | 11-20 |
| 2 | Morgan & Morgan | 6-10 |
| 3 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 6-10 |
| 4 | Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby | 6-10 |
| 5 | Wicker Smith | 6-10 |
| 6 | Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel | 6-10 |
| 7 | Lydecker | 6-10 |
| 8 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | 6-10 |
| 9 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 6-10 |
| 10 | Dinsmore | 3-5 |
Deals in Product Liability & Torts in Miami
Sartori & Partners data count 67 dated deals in Product Liability & Torts in Miami in the 12 months to October 2026 and 165 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 100.0% of them.
By client industry, Consumer Goods & Retail comes first with 16.4%.
Cole Scott & Kissane ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 41-60 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 41-60 |
| 2 | Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel | 21-40 |
| 3 | King & Spalding | 11-20 |
| 4 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 6-10 |
| 5 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon | 3-5 |
| 6 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 7 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 3-5 |
| 8 | Reed Smith | 3-5 |
| 9 | Clyde & Co | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Miami
21 lawyers were promoted to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Miami 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 6.0 years and 11.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 76.2% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 21 promotions.
Specialities in Product Liability & Torts in Miami
Over the three years to October 2026, Premises & General Liability was involved in 47.3% of moves in Product Liability & Torts in Miami, 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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