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Workers' Compensation: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Workers' Compensation 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
- 20
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -30.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 76
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 20 lateral moves in Workers' Compensation from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the count went from 30 to 21 (-30.0%), 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 (three years) | 26.3% | 28.1% | 26.9% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 14.5% | 15.1% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 70.0% | 55.8% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 14.5% | 15.0% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 17.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers (three years) | 32.8% | 39.5% | 52.5% |
| Year on year | flat (-30.0%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Set against the Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole, the associate share stands out most: 70.0% here against 55.8%, above it. Year on year it moved with the Product Liability & Torts practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 76 lawyers moved in Workers' Compensation, 20 of them partners (26.3%). They joined 42 different firms. 14.5% stepped up a level on the move and 17.3% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 18.5% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner26.3%
- Counsel14.5%
- Associate59.2%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Workers' Compensation were spread across 42 firms. Ten firms account for 44.1% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers32.8%
- 400-999 lawyers28.4%
- 150-399 lawyers26.9%
- under 150 lawyers11.9%
- 1,000+ lawyers18.5%
- 400-999 lawyers22.2%
- under 150 lawyers44.4%
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 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 6-10 |
| 2 | Morgan & Morgan | 3-5 |
| 3 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 3-5 |
| 4 | Marshall Dennehey | 3-5 |
Deals in Workers' Compensation
Sartori & Partners data count 24 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 100.0% of them.
Marshall Dennehey ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall Dennehey | 6-10 |
| 2 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Workers' Compensation
23 lawyers were promoted to partner in Workers' Compensation over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
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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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