{"id":141837,"date":"2026-01-14T15:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/14\/biglaw-lateral-activity-expected-to-be-on-fire-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:06:01","slug":"biglaw-lateral-activity-expected-to-be-on-fire-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/14\/biglaw-lateral-activity-expected-to-be-on-fire-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw Lateral Activity Expected To Be \u2018On Fire\u2019 In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We think 2026 is going to be on fire, and we have a number of partners who are just getting ready to give notice and start at their new firms in the very, very near future, and we\u2019re seeing that all across the country. Like the end of 2025, firms are going to be extremely aggressive in their lateral partner hiring.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Jeffrey Lowe, market president of Washington DC for legal recruitment firm CenterPeak, in comments given to the National Law Journal<\/a>, concerning expected lateral activity in 2026. Amy Savage, a D.C.-based recruiter at Garrison & Sisson, echoed Lowe\u2019s thoughts, saying, \u201c2026 might be a record year in terms of lateral hiring.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Biglaw Lateral Activity Expected To Be \u2018On Fire\u2019 In 2026<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We think 2026 is going to be on fire, and we have a number of partners who are just getting ready to give notice and start at their new firms in the very, very near future, and we\u2019re seeing that all across the country. Like the end of 2025, firms are going to be extremely aggressive in their lateral partner hiring.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Jeffrey Lowe, market president of Washington DC for legal recruitment firm CenterPeak, in comments given to the National Law Journal<\/a>, concerning expected lateral activity in 2026. Amy Savage, a D.C.-based recruiter at Garrison & Sisson, echoed Lowe\u2019s thoughts, saying, \u201c2026 might be a record year in terms of lateral hiring.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Biglaw Lateral Activity Expected To Be \u2018On Fire\u2019 In 2026<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. We think 2026 is going to be on fire, and we have a number of partners who are just getting ready to give notice and start at their new firms in the very, very near future, and we\u2019re seeing that all across the country. Like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":141829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Staci-Zaretsky-yQH0Oa.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}