Richmond, VA
Legal recruiters in Richmond
The Richmond legal market
- Legal-sector jobs
- 6,130
- 40th largest legal market of 73 tracked
- about the median metro
- Legal employers
- 671
- 51st most legal employers of 73 metros tracked
- 65% of the median metro
- Average annual wage (weekly x 52)
- $176,176
- 25th highest of 73 metros tracked
- 8% above the median metro
Source: BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025. NAICS 5411, all legal-services employment, not attorneys alone.
Practice areas covered here
Firms with an office in the Richmond area
National(18 states)
Richmond, VA · +25 more
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
- Tax, Trusts & Estates
Places paralegals & legal staff
National(9 states)Specialist
Glen Allen, VA · +8 more
- Litigation
Places partners & groups
Single office
Richmond, VA
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
- Tax, Trusts & Estates
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Search types are what each firm says on its own site: retained search, contingency search, contract & temporary.
The Richmond legal market in numbers
The Richmond, VA metro area had 6,130 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. That is the 40th largest legal market of the 73 metros this directory tracks, and about the median metro, which had 6,428. It had 671 legal employers (establishments), the 51st most of 73 and 65% of the median metro. That is 109.5 legal employers for every 1,000 legal-sector jobs, against 156.0 in the median metro. The average annual wage in the legal sector (the average weekly wage times 52) was $176,176, the 25th highest of 73 metros and 8% above the median metro, which paid $162,708.
This directory tracks 2 metros in Virginia: Richmond and Virginia Beach. Together they had 10,486 legal-sector jobs, and 58% of them were in the Richmond metro. 5 firms in this directory list an office in the Richmond area, the 23rd most of the 37 metros with a page here.
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 5 legal recruiting firms with an office in the Richmond area states on its own website, and name the firms in each group in the same order as the list on this page.
By footprint
3 of the 5 have only one listed office, in the Richmond area, and 2 are national firms (offices in five or more states) with an office here.
- Single office, 3 firms: Prime Legal, The Richmond Group USA, Mid-Atlantic Legal Recruiting, LLC
- National (offices in five or more states), 2 firms: Scion Staffing, Special Counsel
Their offices in the Richmond area are in 2 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Richmond, VA (4) and Glen Allen, VA (1).
By search model
4 of the 5 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 2 name both retained and contingency search and 2 name contract and temporary work only. 2 of the firms with a permanent search model also name contract or temporary work. 1 does not say.
- Retained and contingency, 2 firms: Scion Staffing, The Richmond Group USA
- Contract and temp, 2 firms: Special Counsel, Mid-Atlantic Legal Recruiting, LLC
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: partners and groups (2), in-house counsel (1) and paralegals and legal staff (3). A firm can name several. 1 names none.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 4 practice areas between them. The most stated are Litigation (3 of 5, 60%), Corporate & M&A (2 of 5, 40%) and Tax, Trusts & Estates (2 of 5, 40%). 1 names no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Litigation | 3 | 60% |
| Corporate & M&A | 2 | 40% |
| Tax, Trusts & Estates | 2 | 40% |
| Finance & Restructuring | 1 | 20% |
2 of the 5 firms state a founding year, from 2000 to 2006. No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The 2 listed firms in the Richmond area 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.Scion Staffing26 offices, 18 states
- 2.Special Counsel9 offices, 9 states
Practicing law in Virginia
- Admitting authority
- Virginia Board of Bar Examiners source
- Uniform Bar Exam
- No source
- Admission on motion
- Yes source
Checked against the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Nearby markets
Every firm with an office anywhere in Virginia is on the Virginia page.
Questions about Richmond legal recruiters
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Richmond?
- 5 firms in this directory list an office in the Richmond, VA metro area, as of their last check.
- How many Richmond legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 5 listed firms, 2 are national and 3 have only one listed office, in Richmond. 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 Richmond legal recruiters run retained searches?
- 2 of the 5 listed firms say on their own site that they run retained searches, all of them alongside contingency search. 2 name contract and temporary work only. 1 does 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 Richmond?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (3 firms), Corporate & M&A (2 firms), Tax, Trusts & Estates (2 firms) and Finance & Restructuring (1 firm).
- Do Richmond legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 1 of the 5 listed firms says it places in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: partners and groups (2) and paralegals and legal staff (3). 1 names no level.
- Which markets near Richmond have their own page?
- Washington, DC (22 firms), Baltimore, MD (7 firms) and Raleigh, NC (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.