Tax in Washington, DC: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 38 lateral moves in Tax in Washington, DC, 5.4% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 39 to 37 (-5.1%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 112 lawyers moved in Tax in Washington, DC, 45 of them partners (40.2%). They joined 64 different firms. 17.0% stepped up a level on the move and 24.7% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 63.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

With partners at 31.6% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. A step up in title came with 15.8% of moves (market 12.9%).

The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Tax in Washington, DC were spread across 64 firms. Ten firms account for 38.0% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Loeb & Loeb, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 4.8% of all lateral moves in Washington, DC. Over the three years to October 2026, 65.2% of movers came from another firm in Washington, DC itself. A change of city came with 18.9% of moves (market 20.5%).

There were 32 open roles in Tax in Washington, DC on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

With volume in Tax in Washington, DC holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.

Sartori & Partners data count 40 over the three years to October 2026.

Jones Day ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Tax Controversy was involved in 29.5% of moves in Tax in Washington, DC, then Corporate & M&A Tax with 21.4%.