Discrimination & Harassment: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 603 lateral moves in Discrimination & Harassment. On settled windows the count went from 676 to 633 (-6.4%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 1,973 lawyers moved in Discrimination & Harassment, 461 of them partners (23.4%). They joined 385 different firms. 12.6% stepped up a level on the move and 20.0% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 48.9% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

With partners at 23.7% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 160 to 146 (-8.8%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 13.4% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

Lateral hires in Discrimination & Harassment were spread across 188 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 39.2% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Littler Mendelson ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 41-60 band.

By city, Los Angeles comes first (15.1% of arrivals), then New York (10.4%). 22.1% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

Group moves were 1.0% of the total (market 1.5%).

There were 237 open roles in Discrimination & Harassment on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

With volume in Discrimination & Harassment 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 67 dated deals in Discrimination & Harassment in the 12 months to October 2026 and 269 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 98.9% of them.

By client industry, Government & Public Sector comes first with 18.6%.

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 41-60 band.