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Transportation & Trucking Liability: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Transportation & Trucking Liability and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Product Liability & Torts practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 164
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -9.9%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 37.8%
- Partner share of moves
- 64
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 164 lateral moves in Transportation & Trucking Liability. On settled windows the count went from 182 to 164 (-9.9%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Product Liability & Torts | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 37.8% | 27.3% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 17.7% | 16.8% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 44.5% | 55.8% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 18.3% | 15.7% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 18.3% | 19.7% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 29.8% | 40.7% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-9.9%) | flat (+2.3%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole, the widest gap is the associate share, which is lower here: 44.5% against 55.8%. Year on year it moved with the Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 516 lawyers moved in Transportation & Trucking Liability, 187 of them partners (36.2%). They joined 129 different firms. 16.3% stepped up a level on the move and 18.7% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 25.6% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner37.8%
- Counsel17.7%
- Associate44.5%
Partners make up 37.8% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 67 to 61 (-9.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. A step up in title came with 18.3% of moves (market 12.9%).
Lateral hires in Transportation & Trucking Liability were spread across 64 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 51.5% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers25.6%
- 400-999 lawyers17.9%
- 150-399 lawyers30.8%
- under 150 lawyers25.6%
City figures here cover the three years to October 2026. By city, New York comes first (10.7% of arrivals), then Chicago (9.1%). 18.3% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
There were 40 open roles in Transportation & Trucking Liability on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm planning a hire in Transportation & Trucking Liability, 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 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 11-20 |
| 2 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 11-20 |
| 3 | The Chartwell Law Offices | 11-20 |
| 4 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 6-10 |
| 5 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 6-10 |
| 6 | Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman | 6-10 |
| 7 | Clyde & Co | 6-10 |
| 8 | Amundsen Davis | 3-5 |
| 9 | Morgan & Morgan | 3-5 |
| 10 | Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial | 3-5 |
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 6-10 |
| 2 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 6-10 |
| 3 | The Chartwell Law Offices | 3-5 |
| 4 | Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman | 3-5 |
| 5 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 3-5 |
Deals in Transportation & Trucking Liability
Sartori & Partners data count 133 dated deals in Transportation & Trucking Liability in the 12 months to October 2026 and 358 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 98.3% of them.
By client industry, Individuals & Consumers comes first with 25.4%.
Cole Scott & Kissane ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 41-60 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 41-60 |
| 2 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 21-40 |
| 3 | Stewarts | 11-20 |
| 4 | Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell | 11-20 |
| 5 | Marshall Dennehey | 11-20 |
| 6 | Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel | 11-20 |
| 7 | Irwin Mitchell | 11-20 |
| 8 | Thomas Thomas & Hafer | 11-20 |
| 9 | Conroy Simberg | 6-10 |
| 10 | Litchfield Cavo | 6-10 |
Time to partner in Transportation & Trucking Liability
46 lawyers were promoted to partner in Transportation & Trucking Liability in the 12 months to May 2026, 184 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 8.0 years and 14.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 67.7% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 167 promotions.
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Reports
- Trucking Defense Lawyers: Ten Firms, Half the Hiring
Trucking defense hiring runs through a short list of buyers: the ten most active firms took 51.5% of lateral hires, against 30.0% in product liability and torts and 12.9% across all practices.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026
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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