Legal Assistant for Healthcare Team
Date posted: July 8, 2026
Pay: $42,000.00 – $46,000.00 per year
Job description: Goodman Allen Donnelly PLLC has an immediate opening in our Glen Allen office for a legal assistant to support our healthcare practice. The qualified candidate must have a minimum of 2 years of office experience, preferably in a law firm setting.
The ideal candidate will be proficient in Microsoft Office and Outlook as well as have experience with client billing and time entry. We are seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented individual with a proven ability to multi-task as well as prioritize competing deadlines. Strong interpersonal, communication, and proofreading skills are required.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Professional and compassionate client communication skills – both verbally and electronically
- Creative thinking and problem solving for administrative SOPs and existing organization structure
- Ability to multitask and prioritize
- Client intake
- Coordinate or manage email, calendars, contact information, tasks or similar communications activities for multiple attorneys
- Utilizing Outlook for calendaring, emails, correspondence
- Coordinate or manage phone calls, voice mail messages or conference calls.
- Understands Document Management Systems – such as SharePoint, Dropbox and Docusign
- Draft, revise, proofread or transcribe documents, presentations or correspondence.
- Proofread, edits, and/or assembles legal documents
- Revise billing documents
- Assist with hearing and client meeting preparation.
- Ability to perform legal research would be useful
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Administrative Experience: 2 years (Required)
- Paralegal/Legal Assistant: 2 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Hours: 9am to 5pm
We offer a competitive salary, excellent working conditions and company paid benefits, including health and life insurance, paid time off and 401k.
Please submit your resume along with a cover letter and salary requirements.
Please submit your resume or inquiry to:
Rebecca Linn
Chief Operating Officer
RLinn@GoodmanAllen.com
Legal Assistant – Paralegal
Goodman Allen Donnelly PLLC has an immediate opening in our Norfolk office for an experienced legal assistant/paralegal to support our Litigation team. The qualified candidate must have a minimum of 3-5 years of law firm experience and should be well versed in supporting litigation practices.
The ideal candidate will be proficient in Microsoft Office and Outlook as well as have experience with client billing and time entry. We are seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented individual with a proven ability to multi-task as well as prioritize competing deadlines. Strong interpersonal, communication, and proofreading skills are required.
Please submit your resume or inquiry to:
Rebecca Linn
Chief Operating Officer
RLinn@GoodmanAllen.com
Litigation Associates
Our Litigation Team is growing! We have immediate openings for full-time Associates in our Glen Allen office.
Goodman Allen Donnelly is a mid-sized firm with a reputation as a leader in health law. Our congenial, team-oriented approach to practicing law offers a supportive and respectful working environment that fosters professional and personal growth. If you have 3-5 year’s litigation experience, we would like to talk to you! Healthcare, Board Of Medicine or Medical Malpractice experience is a plus, but not required.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctor
- Admitted to practice in Virginia (or ability to become admitted promptly)
- Excellent writing, analytical and interpersonal skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience representing healthcare providers
- Expertise with insurance, managed care or other transactional experience
Please submit your resume or inquiry to:
Rebecca Linn
Chief Operating Officer
RLinn@GoodmanAllen.com
Veterans Benefits Group – Case Manager
Join our team as a Case Manager with the firm’s Veterans Benefits Group in the Charlottesville office, assisting attorneys in providing legal services to veterans. Collaborate with our Lead Case Manager and Vet Team Administrator to ensure seamless case management. Responsibilities include maintaining client contact, liaising with Veterans Affairs (VA), drafting documents, and updating case files. Utilize Case Management Pro (CMP) software and quick submit processes with VA. Attend department meetings to discuss case status and provide updates. If you’re diligent, possess excellent communication skills, and have a commitment to ethics, we want to hear from you!
Requirements:
- Post-High-School education or equivalent
- Experience in a professional services organization
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
- Law firm experience or legal environment exposure
Please submit your resume or inquiry to:
Rebecca Linn
Chief Operating Officer
RLinn@GoodmanAllen.com
Intake Manager
We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Intake Manager to join our firm intake team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing the intake process for our all practice groups, ensuring that all potential clients receive a timely response. The Intake Manager assists attorneys in providing legal services to veterans and other health care groups. You will ensure that clients receive excellent customer service and that the information attorneys need to open a case is obtained, compiled, and provided following an established, uniform series of procedures.
Responsibilities
- Respond to all potential client inquiries in a timely mannervvia email and calls
- Determine if there is a potentially viable case and obtain copies of relevant documents for attorney review
- Review and “pre-screen” documents to determine if there is a potentially viable matter for attorney review
- Initiate the closing process on potentital clients we do not make contact with
- Send courtesy call or close letters to potential clients who have spoken to an attorney but we cannot assist.
- Regularly follow up for additional information attorneys request from potentital clients
- Schedule calls with attorneys
- Draft all contracts and addendum contracts
- Draft notice of appeals and notice of appearances when needed
Customer Service (External and Internal)
The ability to respond promptly to client and attorney needs for service and assistance; to learn and understand client matters and work proactively; to respond appropriately to client concerns; to meet deadlines and commitments; to regularly solicit and apply customer feedback to continually improve service.
Diligence
The ability to take ownership of one’s work product for accuracy in content and attention to detail; to perform independently with little supervision; to monitor work and apply organizing strategies to ensure projects are prioritized according to business needs; resources are used effectively and efficiently; work needs are anticipated during periods emergent circumstances, periods of pressure, increased work volume, and numerous deadlines
Effective Communication (Verbal and Written)
The capability to communicate clearly and concisely verbally and in writing; to adapt communication style to specific circumstances and audiences; to thoroughly read and comprehend written information; to draft correspondence, pleadings, and reports concisely and informatively; to present numerical data accurately; to proofread and edit all work for precise spelling and grammar; to speak distinctly and persuasively in both positive and negative situations; to listen carefully and ask questions to gain clarification; to respond accurately to questions; to speak up in meetings
Interpersonal Skills and Temperament
The ability to work in collaboration within a group to ensure that internal and external clients are satisfied and deadlines are met; to effectively communicate with all team members; to actively participate in and contribute to team meetings; to recognize and adapt to different work styles; to treat colleagues, supervisors, and clients with respect at all times; to participate in a proactive dialog to minimize misunderstanding, miscommunication, and conflict
Technology Skills
Technical proficiency in the use of Microsoft Suite products; Orion/CMP software; word-processing software, and spreadsheet software; the ability to apply technical knowledge to learn, retain processes, and utilize practice-specific internal software; advanced internet research skills; experience operating office equipment and technology, including imaging and scanning applications
Resiliency
The ability to nimbly adapt to change, both planned and unplanned; to balance competing demands in a fast-paced environment; skill in working with veteran clients with a wide range of medical and psychiatric conditions and temperaments
Preferred Education and Experience
- Law firm experience or experience in a legal environment
Please submit your resume or inquiry to:
Rebecca Linn
Chief Operating Officer
RLinn@GoodmanAllen.com