Professional Liability: lateral monitor

In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 336 lawyers joined a new firm in Professional Liability from November 2025 to October 2026. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the count eased 13.1% (398 to 346). It fell behind the market's own change of +9.0%.

Over the three years to October 2026, 1,141 lawyers moved in Professional Liability, 402 of them partners (35.2%). They joined 299 different firms. 15.0% stepped up a level on the move and 18.9% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 35.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

This is a partner market: 36.9% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 145 to 128 (-11.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. A step up in title came with 15.2% of moves (market 12.9%).

140 firms hired at least one lateral in Professional Liability in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 33.0% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, with arrivals in the 21-40 band.

By city, New York comes first (14.0% of arrivals), then Philadelphia (6.8%). A change of city came with 20.1% of moves (market 20.5%).

3.6% of moves came as part of a group, against 1.5% market-wide.

There were 89 open roles in Professional Liability on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

As moves in Professional Liability ease, the candidates worth hiring are mostly not looking, so a search here starts with outreach rather than inbound.

Sartori & Partners data count 50 dated deals in Professional Liability in the 12 months to October 2026 and 126 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 99.2% of them.

By client industry, Professional Services comes first with 23.8%.

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 11-20 band.