Practice by city · November 2026
Real Estate in Denver: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Real Estate in Denver over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 24
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +22.7%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 29.2%
- Partner share of moves
- 82
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 24 lateral moves in Real Estate in Denver from November 2025 to October 2026, 1.6% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 22 to 27 (+22.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Real Estate | Denver | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 29.2% | 28.9% | 30.5% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 11.0% | 13.5% | 13.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 54.2% | 56.4% | 55.7% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 33.3% | 13.6% | 15.0% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 12.5% | 21.2% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 45.8% | 44.0% | 45.1% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+22.7%) | rose (+7.9%) | flat (+6.7%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Real Estate practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share who moved up a level, which is higher here: 33.3% against 13.6%. Against all moves in Denver, the widest gap is the share who moved up a level, which is higher here: 33.3% against 15.0%. Year on year it held flat while the Real Estate practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 82 lawyers moved in Real Estate in Denver, 25 of them partners (30.5%). They joined 29 different firms. 14.6% stepped up a level on the move and 12.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 34.1% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner29.2%
- Associate54.2%
Partners account for 29.2% of movers, near the market's 27.7%. 33.3% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers45.8%
- 400-999 lawyers45.8%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 29 firms hired at least one lateral in Real Estate in Denver in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 62.1% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Greenberg Traurig, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers34.1%
- 400-999 lawyers38.6%
- 150-399 lawyers20.5%
The practice accounts for 14.4% of all lateral moves in Denver. Over the three years to October 2026, 68.3% of movers came from another firm in Denver itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Real Estate in Denver, 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 | Greenberg Traurig | 6-10 |
| 2 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | 3-5 |
| 3 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 3-5 |
| 4 | Polsinelli | 3-5 |
| 5 | Lathrop GPM | 3-5 |
| 6 | Holland & Hart | 3-5 |
| 7 | Ballard Spahr | 3-5 |
| 8 | Spencer Fane | 3-5 |
| 9 | FBT Gibbons | 3-5 |
| 10 | Fox Rothschild | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Real Estate in Denver
33 lawyers were promoted to partner in Real Estate in Denver 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 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 70.0% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 30 promotions.
Specialities in Real Estate in Denver
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Real Estate Transactions was involved in 34.1% of moves in Real Estate in Denver, then Real Estate Leasing with 26.8%.
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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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