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Week ending October 28, 2026. These are counts, never names: every figure is re-counted from our nightly data, and every group smaller than 3 is folded into “other” so that no number can point to a person.
Partner and counsel departures: 105
105 partners and counsel left 47 of the law firms we follow in the seven days to October 28, 2026, counting only departures confirmed at a second check.
By practice:
- Litigation: 34
- Corporate / M&A: 16
- Real Estate: 10
- Private Equity / Funds: 9
- Energy: 7
- Intellectual Property: 7
- Banking & Finance: 6
- Tax: 4
- Capital Markets: 3
- Healthcare: 3
- Other practices: 6
By city:
- New York: 20
- London: 14
- Los Angeles: 8
- San Francisco: 8
- Atlanta: 6
- Boston: 5
- Hong Kong: 4
- Chicago: 4
- Other cities: 36
New in-house legal openings: 301
301 in-house legal roles were posted by employers in the seven days to October 28, 2026. The same job posted in several cities counts once; law firm roles and recruiters' listings are not counted.
By city:
- New York: 43
- Washington, DC: 26
- Los Angeles: 23
- Boston: 22
- Chicago: 21
- San Francisco: 17
- Houston: 14
- Dallas: 14
- Other cities: 121
By practice:
- Litigation: 72
- Labor & Employment: 51
- Corporate / M&A: 48
- Real Estate: 35
- Intellectual Property: 22
- Capital Markets: 22
- Tax: 8
- Private Equity / Funds: 8
- Banking & Finance: 4
- Other practices: 31
How we count
- Everything here comes from public sources: firm websites and employers' own job postings.
- We publish counts. We never publish names.
- Every figure is a floor, not an estimate: anything we could not confirm is left out.
- Spot something that looks wrong? Email dkaufman@counsel-ledger.com and we will correct it.
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