Associate Mobility Brief - Market Intelligence | JuLY 2026

The associate lateral market posted its first month-over-month increase since March, with 1,126 attorney moves recorded in July - up from June's 1,079. Labor & Employment led all practice areas for the second consecutive month with a net gain of +67, while Corporate turned net-negative for the first time in three months. DC continued to absorb talent at the strongest net rate of any major market, and associates accounted for 52% of all lateral arrivals. Here's what the data signals heading into the back half of Q3.