Practice by city · November 2026
Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 38
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -23.1%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 28.9%
- Partner share of moves
- 23
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 38 lateral moves in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia from November 2025 to October 2026, 4.0% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 52 to 40 (-23.1%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Product Liability & Torts | Philadelphia | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 28.9% | 27.3% | 25.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 7.6% | 15.1% | 10.9% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 65.8% | 55.8% | 61.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 13.2% | 15.7% | 12.2% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 17.2% | 19.7% | 22.1% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 36.1% | 40.7% | 39.6% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-23.1%) | flat (+2.3%) | rose (+24.5%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 associate share, which is higher here: 65.8% against 55.8%. Against all moves in Philadelphia, the widest gap is the share who changed city, which is lower here: 17.2% against 22.1%. Year on year it moved with the Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 144 lawyers moved in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia, 45 of them partners (31.2%). They joined 57 different firms. 11.1% stepped up a level on the move and 14.9% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 24.1% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner28.9%
- Associate65.8%
With partners at 28.9% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. 13.2% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers36.1%
- 400-999 lawyers33.3%
- 150-399 lawyers25.0%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 57 firms hired at least one lateral in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 48.2% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Marshall Dennehey ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers24.1%
- 400-999 lawyers20.3%
- 150-399 lawyers29.1%
- under 150 lawyers26.6%
The practice accounts for 14.1% of all lateral moves in Philadelphia. Over the three years to October 2026, 59.7% of movers came from another firm in Philadelphia itself. 17.2% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
There were 30 open roles in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
With volume in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia 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 | Marshall Dennehey | 6-10 |
| 2 | Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby | 6-10 |
| 3 | Morgan & Morgan | 6-10 |
| 4 | Goldberg Segalla | 6-10 |
| 5 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 6-10 |
| 6 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 6-10 |
| 7 | Kennedys Law | 3-5 |
| 8 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon | 3-5 |
| 9 | Kirkland & Ellis | 3-5 |
| 10 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 3-5 |
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby | 6-10 |
| 2 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 3-5 |
| 3 | Goldberg Segalla | 3-5 |
| 4 | Kirkland & Ellis | 3-5 |
Deals in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia
Sartori & Partners data count 26 dated deals in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia in the 12 months to October 2026 and 90 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 98.9% of them.
DLA Piper ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DLA Piper | 6-10 |
| 2 | Marshall Dennehey | 6-10 |
| 3 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 6-10 |
| 4 | Clark Hill | 3-5 |
| 5 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 3-5 |
| 6 | Troutman Pepper Locke | 3-5 |
| 7 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 3-5 |
| 8 | Ballard Spahr | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia
38 lawyers were promoted to partner in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 9.0 years, with the middle half between 8.0 years and 11.5 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 75.0% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 36 promotions.
Specialities in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia
Over the three years to October 2026, Product Liability was involved in 59.0% of moves in Product Liability & Torts in Philadelphia, then Premises & General Liability with 50.0%.
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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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