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Workplace Safety: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Workplace Safety and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Employment & Labor practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 44
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -19.6%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 38.6%
- Partner share of moves
- 29
- Firms that hired
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 44 lawyers joined a new firm in Workplace Safety from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the count went from 51 to 41 (-19.6%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Employment & Labor | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 38.6% | 22.4% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 27.3% | 15.2% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 34.1% | 61.6% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 25.0% | 13.5% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 14.8% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 58.1% | 46.9% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-19.6%) | rose (+6.9%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Employment & Labor practice as a whole, the widest gap is the associate share, which is lower here: 34.1% against 61.6%. Year on year it held flat while the Employment & Labor practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 167 lawyers moved in Workplace Safety, 46 of them partners (27.5%). They joined 85 different firms. 13.8% stepped up a level on the move and 14.8% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 54.6% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner38.6%
- Counsel27.3%
- Associate34.1%
At 38.6%, the partner share of arrivals sits above the market's 27.7%. 25.0% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers58.1%
- 400-999 lawyers27.9%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 85 firms hired at least one lateral in Workplace Safety in the window. Ten firms account for 44.2% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Ogletree Deakins ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers54.6%
- 400-999 lawyers26.9%
- 150-399 lawyers7.6%
- under 150 lawyers10.9%
City figures here cover the three years to October 2026. Toronto ranks first among destination cities with 12.6% of arrivals.
There were 26 open roles in Workplace Safety on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm planning a hire in Workplace Safety, 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 | Ogletree Deakins | 11-20 |
| 2 | Dentons | 11-20 |
| 3 | Fisher & Phillips | 6-10 |
| 4 | Jackson Lewis | 6-10 |
| 5 | Fasken Martineau DuMoulin | 3-5 |
| 6 | Littler Mendelson | 3-5 |
| 7 | K & L Gates | 3-5 |
| 8 | Seyfarth Shaw | 3-5 |
| 9 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 3-5 |
| 10 | McCarthy Tétrault | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Workplace Safety
102 lawyers were promoted to partner in Workplace Safety 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 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 71.1% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 76 promotions.
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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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