Practice by city · November 2026
White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in Los Angeles: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in Los Angeles over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 30
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +41.7%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 40.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 24
- Firms that hired
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 30 lawyers joined a new firm in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in Los Angeles from November 2025 to October 2026, 6.3% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 24 to 34 (+41.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | White Collar, Investigations & Criminal | Los Angeles | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 40.0% | 41.6% | 27.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 26.7% | 12.6% | 13.9% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 33.3% | 45.2% | 57.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 23.3% | 13.4% | 13.8% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 23.8% | 18.5% | 17.0% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 67.9% | 55.5% | 47.0% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+41.7%) | flat (+8.2%) | rose (+21.0%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 White Collar, Investigations & Criminal practice as a whole, the widest gap is the counsel share, which is higher here: 26.7% against 12.6%. Against all moves in Los Angeles, the widest gap is the associate share, which is lower here: 33.3% against 57.4%. Year on year it moved with the White Collar, Investigations & Criminal practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 76 lawyers moved in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in Los Angeles, 26 of them partners (34.2%). They joined 45 different firms. 17.1% stepped up a level on the move and 23.8% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 58.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner40.0%
- Counsel26.7%
- Associate33.3%
Partners make up 40.0% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. 23.3% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers67.9%
- 400-999 lawyers17.9%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 45 firms hired at least one lateral in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in Los Angeles in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 47.3% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Willkie Farr & Gallagher, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers58.3%
- 400-999 lawyers28.3%
- under 150 lawyers8.3%
The practice accounts for 4.2% of all lateral moves in Los Angeles. Over the three years to October 2026, 63.2% of movers came from another firm in Los Angeles itself.
For a firm planning a hire in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in Los Angeles, 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 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 6-10 |
| 2 | Weil Gotshal & Manges | 3-5 |
| 3 | Latham & Watkins | 3-5 |
| 4 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 3-5 |
| 5 | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips | 3-5 |
Deals in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in Los Angeles
Sartori & Partners data count 42 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 95.2% of them.
Paul Hastings ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Hastings | 6-10 |
| 2 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 3-5 |
| 3 | Reed Smith | 3-5 |
| 4 | King & Spalding | 3-5 |
Specialities in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in Los Angeles
Over the three years to October 2026, Government & Internal Investigations was involved in 64.5% of moves in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in Los Angeles, then Criminal Defence with 51.3%.
Related monitors and reports
Other practices in Los Angeles
White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in other cities
Hiring in this market
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].
For law firm leaders
Planning a partner hire in this market?
We run retained partner searches using the same data behind this page.