State Bar Association Directory Within In Virginia
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Do you have a question regarding the Virginia State Bar? Please call our phone directory at (804) 775-0500.
Contact the Bar Do you have a question regarding the Virginia State Bar? Please call our phone directory at (804) 775-0500.
The Virginia State Bar (VSB) was created in 1938 by the Virginia General Assembly as an administrative agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia, unifying Virginia lawyers into a mandatory state bar.
Report a Complaint Complaints also are handled by the Virginia State Bar. Reach the Virginia State Bar by calling 804-775-0500, by mail at 1111 E. Main St., Suite 700, Richmond, VA 23219, or online at vsb. Find a form and more details about inquiries into lawyer conduct on the VSB website.
The directory maintained by the state bar or its disciplinary board is sometimes called the "Roster of Attorneys" or the "Roll of Attorneys." Six (6) states do not publish a searchable database online. In those jurisdictions, you must call or email the state bar to confirm a lawyer's bar license status or bar number.
It is to be distinguished from the Virginia State Bar, which is the administrative agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Virginia is one of three states that has both a statewide voluntary and mandatory bar association.
The Virginia State Bar (VSB) is the state agency responsible for regulation of the legal profession. In addition, the VSB offers the Virginia Lawyer Referral Service (VLRS).
The country's thirty-one mandatory state bar associations are fac- ing an existential threat following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Janus v. ACSME, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018).
Before you can practice law, you will need to choose a state that will allow you to take the bar exam without completing law school. Currently, Washington, Vermont, California and Virginia are the only four states that allow this process.
