Aretha has worked with me on several projects and once given expectations – she delivers! Her commitment to her client’s projects is unwavering. She is resourceful, thorough and takes initiative to ensure a successful execution of a project. Aretha is a true professional, delivering quality and a lot of value and well worth hiring.

Willa Edgeton-Chisler
Coach & Consultant
Symphony Coaching
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The Virtual Legal Assistant, Inc. was established in 2006 to meet the dynamic needs of small businesses and solopreneurs, legal and non-legal, who require part-time to full-time assistance running and maintaining their businesses.

Since our inception, we have established a reputation for professionalism, quality, and above all, timeliness—crucial elements for maintaining our clients’ professional credibility in an increasingly fast-paced business environment.

Aretha Gaskin is the proud Founder and CEO of The Virtual Legal Assistant and Bankruptcy Forms Processing, two companies that are designed to be full service administrative tools for solopreneurs and small business professionals in the legal and non-legal arenas worldwide.

Aretha is a highly regarded support professional who has worked in some of New York City’s largest law firms and brings well over a decade of law firm experience to her companies. Prior to working in the legal industry, Aretha worked in the non-legal world for several years as an executive secretary.