Legal Assistant

Title: Legal Assistant

Hiring Range: $43,000-$45,000

Agency: Virginia State Bar

Location: Virginia State Bar

Agency Website: www.vsb.org

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia State Bar is searching for an efficient and self-motivated legal assistant to provide administrative and litigation support for trial attorneys who process ethical complaints against lawyers. The successful candidate will prepare, revise, and finalize correspondence and pleadings; organize and file subpoena responses; prepare and electronically file exhibits; maintain electronic files, tickler systems, and dockets; and perform special projects. This position also receives, evaluates, and processes incoming bar complaints against lawyers and, in collaboration with intake lawyers, analyzes pertinent data from complaint submissions and enters complaint data into a database. The assistant must discern whether the complaint is new or relates to an existing complaint and whether the complaint requires immediate attention based on the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled assistant to learn and be involved in all phases of the disciplinary process and other special projects within the Office of Bar Counsel. The successful candidate must be comfortable working in a paperless office environment while processing a large quantity of data and other tasks as assigned by bar counsel. This position is required to work in the Richmond office

Minimum Qualifications

The selected candidate will have a bachelor’s degree, experience working in a legal environment, preferably at a litigation law firm, and the following requirements:

• knowledge of business, office management, and legal processes
• strong organizational skills
• superior writing and communication skills
• computer-savvy and proficient with the Microsoft Office suite of programs, Adobe, and electronic filing systems
• detail-oriented, dependable, proactive
• have good judgment and maintain confidentiality
• able to work independently as well as in a team environment
• comfortable working under pressure within tight deadlines
• satisfactory completion of criminal background check and disclosure of COVID-19 vaccination status as a condition of employment

Preferred Qualifications:

bilingual skills (specifically Spanish) are a plus

Special Instructions: 

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DO NOT COMPLETE STATE APPLICATION. To apply, please send cover letter, resume, and salary expectations to: hr@vsb.org.

Contact Information:

Name: VSB HR office

Phone: 804-775-0500

Email: hr@vsb.org

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.