<human>: I've been employed here for nearly a year and like it but the pay is not enough.  I can pay bills but 

When I was hired I felt they lowballed the offer, i countered and they accepted.  That being said i still feel it is too low for a few reasons.  

First, i'm 1 year out of law school practicing in house for a small financial firm.  I make quite a bit less than those who practice with law firms, but it's hard to do research on the typical pay in my specific market/industry.

Additionally, my boss makes my job tough.  He shows up very late and often leaves early.  He is only in the office for about 30 hours per week max and "works from home" a lot.  Working from home means doesnt respond to any communication from anyone, even executives, for hours and never submits any work until returning from the office---or passes the work to me.  Which brings me to my last point.

I do so much of his work.  The vast majority of my work is handed off from my boss.  I can simply follow down the email chains, "Hey (My boss) can you have this this over to me by 3pm" and then i get an email "hey can you have this this to me by 2:30pm."  

I've been keeping a secret log of all the tasks that i feel are handed to me by him out of shear laziness and the growing number of instances where our 3 person legal team has been reprimanded due to my boss either "not seeing" a task assigned, forgetting, or simply being unavailable to reach for extended periods of time causing a late filing.

How should i go about asking for a raise?  My 1 year mark is soon, annual review not for another 7 months.  Problem is my annual review is just me, my boss, and HR in a room so i'm uncomfortable citing his shortcomings and me carrying his load as a reason for a raise with him present.  Should i try to get sit down time with his boss (VP) around his back?  Its a small but very corporate structured company.

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: My boss is lazy, i pick up his slack, but really only report directly to him.  How/when do i go about asking for a raise?