Legal recruiters in Virginia

The Virginia legal market in numbers

This directory tracks 2 metros in Virginia: Richmond and Virginia Beach. Together they had 10,486 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. By that total, Virginia is the 22nd largest of the 40 states with a tracked metro. The same metros had 1,346 legal employers (establishments). Their average annual wage, weighted by jobs (the average weekly wage times 52), was $160,472. Richmond is the largest, with 58% of the jobs.

9 firms in this directory list an office in Virginia, the 13th most of the 29 states with a page here. One metro area in the state has its own page.

Source: BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025, taken September 15, 2026. NAICS 5411, all legal-services employment, not attorneys alone.

Who is listed here

The groups below count what each of the 9 legal recruiting firms with an office in Virginia states on its own website, and name the firms in each group in the same order as the list on this page.

By footprint

5 of the 9 have only one listed office, in Virginia, and 3 are national firms (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 1 is multi-state.

• Single office, 5 firms: Prime Legal, Firm Advice, The Richmond Group USA, Wolcott Rivers Gates, Mid-Atlantic Legal Recruiting, LLC
• Multi-state (offices in two to four states), 1 firm: Shapiro Legal Search - Sanford Rose
• National (offices in five or more states), 3 firms: Scion Staffing, Latitude, Special Counsel

Their offices in Virginia are in 6 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Richmond, VA (4), Glen Allen, VA (1), McLean, VA (1), Reston, VA (1), Staunton, VA (1) and Virginia Beach, VA (1).

By search model

7 of the 9 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 3 name both retained and contingency search, 1 names retained search and 3 name contract and temporary work only. 3 of the firms with a permanent search model also name contract or temporary work. 2 do not say.

• Retained and contingency, 3 firms: Scion Staffing, Firm Advice, The Richmond Group USA
• Retained, 1 firm: Shapiro Legal Search - Sanford Rose
• Contract and temp, 3 firms: Latitude, Special Counsel, Mid-Atlantic Legal Recruiting, LLC

By level placed

By the levels they say they place: partners and groups (3), in-house counsel (3) and paralegals and legal staff (5). A firm can name several. 2 name none.

Practice areas covered

The firms state 5 practice areas between them. The most stated are Litigation (4 of 9, 44%), Corporate & M&A (3 of 9, 33%) and Finance & Restructuring (2 of 9, 22%). 3 name no practice area.

3 of the 9 firms state a founding year, from 1959 to 2006. No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.

Largest listed firms by footprint

The 4 listed firms in Virginia with the most offices nationally, counting each city once and only firms with more than one office. Ties are broken A to Z by name.

1. 1.Scion Staffing26 offices, 18 states
2. 2.Latitude21 offices, 17 states
3. 3.Special Counsel9 offices, 9 states
4. 4.Shapiro Legal Search - Sanford Rose5 offices, 3 states

Questions about legal recruiters in Virginia

How many legal recruiters have an office in Virginia?

9 firms in this directory list an office in Virginia, as of their last check.

How many Virginia legal recruiters have only one office?

Of the 9 listed firms, 3 are national, 1 is multi-state and 5 have only one listed office, in Virginia. Offices are counted nationally: a regional firm has two or more offices in one state, a multi-state firm has offices in two to four states, and a national firm has offices in five or more.

How many Virginia legal recruiters run retained searches?

4 of the 9 listed firms say on their own site that they run retained searches, 3 of them alongside contingency search. 3 name contract and temporary work only. 2 do not say. Most legal recruiting is done on contingency, where the hiring firm pays only when it hires.

Which practice areas have the most coverage in Virginia?

By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (4 firms), Corporate & M&A (3 firms), Finance & Restructuring (2 firms) and Tax, Trusts & Estates (2 firms). The other 1 practice area stated here is Labor & Employment (1).

Do Virginia legal recruiters place in-house counsel?

3 of the 9 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: partners and groups (3) and paralegals and legal staff (5). 2 name no level.

Which metro areas in Virginia have their own page?

Richmond, VA (5 firms).

How is this list ordered?

By a published rule: listings claimed by their firm come first, then listings with more complete profiles, then A to Z by name. No firm is placed by hand, including Voll Recruiting, which operates this site.

When was this list last checked?

Every listing here was last checked against the firm's own website on October 1, 2026. The market figures are from BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025, taken on September 15, 2026. The bar admission facts were checked against the National Conference of Bar Examiners on October 4, 2026.