Practice by city · November 2026
Product Liability & Torts in San Francisco: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Product Liability & Torts in San Francisco 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
- +48.1%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 39.5%
- Partner share of moves
- 23
- Firms that hired
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 38 lawyers joined a new firm in Product Liability & Torts in San Francisco from November 2025 to October 2026, 4.0% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 27 to 40 (+48.1%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Product Liability & Torts | San Francisco | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 39.5% | 27.3% | 24.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 31.6% | 16.8% | 15.0% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 28.9% | 55.8% | 58.9% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 34.2% | 15.7% | 14.1% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 22.6% | 19.7% | 15.0% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 52.6% | 40.7% | 57.7% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+48.1%) | flat (+2.3%) | rose (+30.1%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 associate share, which is lower here: 28.9% against 55.8%. Against all moves in San Francisco, the widest gap is the associate share, which is lower here: 28.9% against 58.9%. Year on year it moved with the Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 90 lawyers moved in Product Liability & Torts in San Francisco, 32 of them partners (35.6%). They joined 42 different firms. 27.8% stepped up a level on the move and 18.1% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 46.8% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner39.5%
- Counsel31.6%
- Associate28.9%
Partners make up 39.5% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. 34.2% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers52.6%
- 400-999 lawyers21.1%
- 150-399 lawyers18.4%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 42 firms hired at least one lateral in Product Liability & Torts in San Francisco in the window. Ten firms account for 59.1% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers46.8%
- 400-999 lawyers22.6%
- 150-399 lawyers14.5%
- under 150 lawyers16.1%
The practice accounts for 8.4% of all lateral moves in San Francisco. Over the three years to October 2026, 65.6% of movers came from another firm in San Francisco itself. A change of city came with 22.6% of moves (market 20.5%).
With volume in Product Liability & Torts in San Francisco 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 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 11-20 |
| 2 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 6-10 |
| 3 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 6-10 |
| 4 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 3-5 |
| 5 | Hawkins Parnell & Young | 3-5 |
| 6 | Tressler | 3-5 |
| 7 | Tyson & Mendes | 3-5 |
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 6-10 |
| 2 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 6-10 |
Deals in Product Liability & Torts in San Francisco
Sartori & Partners data count 25 dated deals in Product Liability & Torts in San Francisco in the 12 months to October 2026 and 71 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 100.0% of them.
King & Spalding ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 11-20 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | King & Spalding | 11-20 |
| 2 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 6-10 |
| 3 | Squire Patton Boggs | 3-5 |
| 4 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon | 3-5 |
| 5 | Munger, Tolles & Olson | 3-5 |
| 6 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 3-5 |
Specialities in Product Liability & Torts in San Francisco
Over the three years to October 2026, Product Liability was involved in 61.1% of moves in Product Liability & Torts in San Francisco, then Mass & Toxic Torts with 37.8%.
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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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