Five Firms Lead Pack on H1 Lateral Hiring

Despite seven business-focused law firms in Texas boosting their ranks significantly through new hires, new data shows that lateral partner movement slowed during the first six months of 2025 — though the decline looks steeper than it really was because the first half of 2024 was a record-setting year for partner moves. 

New Texas Lawbook data shows that 138 Texas partners at corporate law firms and litigation boutiques moved their legal practices to competitor law firms during the first six months of 2025 — a 16 percent drop from the same period in 2024.