Samuel Shipkovitz v. H. James Hansen

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: 	Judge McClanahan, Senior Judges Coleman and Annunziata
SAMUEL SHIPKOVITZ
MEMORANDUM OPINION*
v. 	Record No. 1468-05-4 	PER CURIAM
MARCH 21, 2006
H. JAMES HANSEN
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Samuel Shipkovitz, pro se, on brief). Appellant submitting on
brief.
No brief for appellee.
Samuel Shipkovitz, Esq. appeals a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission
awarding attorneys’ fees as follows: (1) $500 to Shipkovitz; (2) $500 to Raymond W. Konan,
Esq.; and (3) $4,000 to H. James Hansen, Esq. Shipkovitz contends the commission abused its
discretion in dividing the attorneys’ fees, which had been held in escrow by the commission
pursuant to a compromise settlement approved by the commission.
By order dated January 11, 2006, we directed the parties to file briefs with this Court
within twenty-five (25) days of the date of that order addressing whether we have appellate
jurisdiction to hear an appeal filed by one attorney subject to the commission’s award dividing
attorneys’ fees against another attorney subject to that award, where neither the employer nor the
employee is a party to the appeal. On February 1, 2006, Said Chahmoune, the claimant, and
Shipkovitz filed a “Joint Motion for Clarification of Order Requesting Brief as to Jurisdiction
and For Extension of Time To Respond.” We hereby deny that motion.
* Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.

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We have reviewed the record and the commission’s opinion and find that this appeal is
without merit. We find no abuse of discretion in the commission’s division of attorneys’ fees
and affirm for the reasons stated by the commission in its final opinion. See Chahmoune v. KD
Electricals, VWC File No. 212-25-19 (May 19, 2005).
Affirmed.