People Moves: Virginia’s Workers’ Comp Commission Names Two Deputy Judges

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Names Two New Deputy Commissioners

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWCC) has named two new deputy commissioners, Frederick T. Schubert II and Christopher R. Wilson. Schubert and Wilson will serve as administrative law judges under the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act and hold evidentiary hearings at the commission’s Manassas regional office.

Schubert was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1992. He practiced with Goddin, Major, Schubert & Hyman in Richmond, Virginia and King & Higgs, P.C., in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. Most recently, he practiced with Midkiff, Muncie, & Ross, P.C., in Richmond, Virginia, from 1997 through April 2025, where he served as a director and co-chair of the firm’s workers’ compensation section. Schubert has tried and mediated workers’ compensation cases across Virginia and handled appeals before the VWCC and the Virginia Court of Appeals.

Deputy Commissioner Christopher R. Wilson interned with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia and the Department of Health and Human Services. He worked for many years in private practice with Kalbaugh, Pfund & Messersmith, P.C., representing employers and insurers before the VWCC.

Two deputy commissioners — Deborah “Debbie” Wood Blevins (Roanoke) and Susan E. Cummins (Fairfax) — recently retired from the commission. Additionally, Deputy Commissioner Jimese P. Sherrill (Manassas) will retire in June 2025.

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