Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly articles from April 2007

Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly archives from April 2007

Providence attorney Norman G. Orodenker is dedicated to improving lives of younger generations.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Pay no attention to the man behind the billboard that appears on Eddy and Rhodes streets in Providence. It's just attorney Norman G. Orodenker, and he's not looking for accolades. The...

Conley and Flanders collaborate on reference guide to Rhode Island Constitutional.(Patrick T. Conley)(Robert G. Flanders Jr.)('Rhode Island State Constitution: A Reference Guide')
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff What do you get when you cross a state history buff with a former state Supreme Court justice? "Rhode Island State Constitution: A Reference Guide," of course. When Riverside attorney Patrick...

Polluter can seek contribution on Superfund cleanup, rules U.S. District Court judge.(Emhart Industries, Inc. v. New England Container Co., Inc.)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Eric T. Berkman Despite not being an "innocent party," a company ordered to clean up a Superfund site could seek contribution from another "potentially responsible party," a U.S. District Court judge has ruled. The defendant...

R.I. Ethics Commission rules town manager can also serve as an interim municipal judge.(Rhode Island)(In Re: DiLibero, William A., Lawyers Weekly No. 74-009-07)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer A town manager can also serve as an interim Municipal Court judge without violating the state Code of Ethics, the Rhode Island Ethics Commission has found. The Town of Hopkinton had not yet budgeted for a paid...

Warrantless entry is invalid, rules U.S. District Court judge.
April 2, 2007... Byline: David E. Frank A criminal defendant who did not consent to a search of his home was entitled to have more than 200 grams of cocaine excluded from evidence even though the police did not act in bad faith when they entered the...

R.I. Supreme Court issues calendar.(Brief article)(Calendar)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff SHOW CAUSE CALENDAR APRIL 2, 2007 9:30 A.M. JOHN M. PARK v. FORD MOTOR CO. 2005-0115 Christopher M. LefebvreAdam A. Larson Brian P. Voke KAVEN CORNERS v. STATE ...

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island adopts Rule 1005-2.(Brief article)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff OFFICE OF THE CLERK UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND NOTICE OF ADOPTION Amendment of Local Rules Effective March 15, 2007 Local Bankruptcy Rule 1005-2...

R.I. State Ethics Commission Case Summaries: April 2, 2007.(Brief article)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Conflict of interest Lincoln town administrator - Contract negotiations Where an individual is serving as Lincoln's town administrator, it is our opinion that he would be permitted by the...

Superior Court Case Summaries: April 2, 2007.(State v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.)(School Committee of Town of Portsmouth, et al. v. Town of Portsmouth, et al.)(Volpe, et al. v. Smith, et al. )
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Settlement agreement Where a dispute has arisen over annual payments under a multi-party settlement agreement, the dispute must be submitted to binding arbitration. "The...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: April 2, 2007.(In Re: Robotic Vision Systems, Inc., et al.)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy 'Carve-out' funds - Professional fees Where a party objected to the payment of professional fee applications from "carve-out" funds, the objection must be overruled under the...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: April 2, 2007.(United States v. Nieves-Castano)(United States v. Caraballo-Rodriguez )
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Possession of a machine gun Where a defendant has been convicted of unlawful possession of a machine gun, we hold that the conviction must be reversed because the prosecution's...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: April 2, 2007.(Emhart Industries, Inc. v. New England Container Co., Inc.)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Environmental CERCLA - Cost recovery - Contribution Where a plaintiff company, subject to an Administrative Order by the Environmental Protection Agency requiring it to undertake removal...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: April 2, 2007.(Rockwell International v. U.S. ex rel. Stone)(Limtiaco v. Camacho )(Brief article)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Qui tam - False Claims Act The False Claims Act's "original source" provision requires relators to have direct and independent knowledge of the information on which their...

Workers' Compensation Court Case Summaries: April 2, 2007.(Demeneses v. American Insulated Wire)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Voluntary retirement Where a trial judge found that a plaintiff had voluntarily retired several months after the end of a closed period of weekly disability benefits...

Dwyer and Reed named partners in Providence office of Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge.(Paul E. Dwyer and Todd M. Reed)(Brief article)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Litigation attorneys Paul E. Dwyer and Todd M. Reed have been named partners in the Providence office of Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge.

Commentary: Alternative to planned succession is problematic.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll For the small firm, and especially the sole practitioner, selling a law practice to another qualified lawyer can alleviate a host of succession planning issues. However, without adequate planning for a sale, a sole...

Commentary: Purchasing a competitor's trademark as a 'keyword' online.(Column)
April 2, 2007... Byline: John E. Ottaviani Your client calls with a question. She wants to purchase Internet advertising that is triggered when her company's trademarks are typed into a search request. She also wants to purchase the trademarks of some of...

1st Circuit rules debtor's ex-wife should be allowed proceeds from sale of land.
April 9, 2007... Byline: Thomas E. Egan The former wife of a Chapter 7 debtor should be entitled to the proceeds from the sale of the couple's out-of-state land, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The Chapter 7 trustee argued that the...

Rhode Island Supreme Court sanctions lawyer for accusing opposing counsel of fraud.
April 9, 2007... Byline: David E. Frank A defense lawyer could be sanctioned under Rule 11 for improperly accusing opposing counsel of fraud without adequately investigating her allegation, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled. The lawyer,...

Rhode Island Supreme Court orders town to pay interest on sewer contractor's award.
April 9, 2007... Byline: Eric T. Berkman An arbitrator was authorized to order a town to pay prejudgment interest on an award to a contractor that had been hired to install sewer lines, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled. While not contesting the...

R.I. Supreme Court Case Summaries: April 9, 2007.(John Rocchio Corporation v. Town of Coventry)
April 9, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Prejudgment interest Where an arbitrator required that the defendant town pay a plaintiff contracting firm prejudgment interest as part of an arbitration award, the arbitrator...

Superior Court Case Summaries: April 9, 2007.(School Committee of Town of Portsmouth, et al. v. Town of Portsmouth)
April 9, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative DBR - Wreckage and salvage yard Where a Department of Business Regulation hearing officer has found that the plaintiff violated G.L. Sects. 5-38-18 and 42-14.2-3, the...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: April 9, 2007.(International Strategies Group, Ltd. v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP)
April 9, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Attorney-client relationship Where a defendant attorney and two codefendant law firms were sued by a plaintiff for negligence, misrepresentation, violation of G.L.c. 93A, breach...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: April 9, 2007.(Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corporation)(Massachusetts v. EPA )(Brief article)
April 9, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Environmental Clean Air Act - Permit The Clean Air Act requires a permit for modifications to a coal-fired electricity generating plant even though the plant didn't increase its annual...

Commentary: Make the right hire: use an employment agency.
April 9, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll We've emphasized before that even the smallest practices benefit from hiring the right administrative help to free up attorney time for practicing law and winning new clients. However, the hiring process in itself...

Honors.(Partridge Snow and Hahn L.L.P.)(Brief article)
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Providence-based Partridge, Snow & Hahn has been awarded recertification by Meritas, a closely integrated group of full-service law firms that provides business clients with worldwide access to...

Commentary: Nothing personal: leave the loan alone.(Column)
April 16, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll A new and growing law firm often seeks a bank loan when cash needs exceed cash-generation ability through client receipts and partner capital. An unexpected tax liability, a new equipment purchase, unanticipated...

How to ...reduce waste, re-use paper and recycle materials in a law practice.
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff How To... offers advice on a variety of subjects related to the management of a law practice. As Earth Day 2007 approaches this weekend, Lawyers Weekly presents a strategy for reducing waste,...

Commentary: Federal prosecutor, kidnapped, lives to tell harrowing story.(The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival)(Book review)
April 16, 2007... Byline: Peter Elikann The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival" By Stanley N. Alpert G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2007 305 pages; $24.95 * * * The veteran New York police detectives and FBI agents debriefing Assistant...

International 'tool' fixes complicated custody case in U.S. District Court in Providence.
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff By their very nature, custody battles are tough cases. But when a dispute involves a mother's trans-Atlantic escape from Germany with her kids in tow, well, that's another can of worms altogether....

U.S. magistrate judge awards mother fees for 'partial' win vs. school.(Bristol Warren Regional School Committee v. DaSilva, et al.)
April 16, 2007... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A mother seeking a new school for her special-needs son was entitled to attorneys' fees and costs, even where a hearing officer denied the placement request and only imposed new conditions on her son's current...

Rhode Island Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel rules attorney must report benefit overpayment.(Rhode Island Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel Opinion No. 2007-06)
April 16, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer An attorney is required to tell an administrative law judge that his client received an overpayment of benefits from the Social Security Administration, the Rhode Island Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel has found....

R.I. Supreme Court Case Summaries: April 16, 2007.(Larngar v. Wall)(Pelland, et al. v. State, et al.)
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Postconviction relief - Effectiveness of counsel Where a Superior Court judge has denied a motion for postconviction relief, we find no basis for overturning that ruling, as the...

R.I. Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel Case Summaries: April 16, 2007.
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Lump sum payment - Miscalculation Where (1) an attorney represents a client who has received a lump sum payment of social security disability benefits and (2) the amount paid...

Rhode Island Superior Courts Case Summaries: April 16, 2007.(Baker v. Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation, et al.)(West Reach Estates Association v. Collard, et al.)(Reynolds, et al. v. Reynolds, et al.)
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Licenses and permits Liquor license - Nonuse Where a plaintiff (1) purchased a restaurant and its Class B liquor license, (2) subsequently rented the premises to a new restaurant, (3) did...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: April 16, 2007.(Esther Taffanelli-Figueroa v. Fajardo-Velez, et al.)(Torres, et al. v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al.)
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Dismissal with prejudice - Withdrawal of counsel Where a complaint was dismissed due to the plaintiffs' failure to comply with a court order to appear by March 1, 2006...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: April 16, 2007.(Kufner v. Kufner )
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Parent and child Hague Convention Where a father is seeking an order compelling the return of his children to Germany, their country of habitual residence, pursuant to the Hague Convention...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: April 16, 2007.(Bristol Warren Regional School Committee v. DaSilva, et al.)(Brief article)
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Education Prevailing party - Fees Where the mother of a special needs student seeks an award of counsel fees incurred in connection with a proceeding before Rhode Island Department of...

Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Court Case Summaries: April 16, 2007.(Mumma v. Cumberland Farms, Inc.)(City of Pawtucket v. Pimental )
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Suitable alternative position Where an employee sought reinstatement of the benefits she was receiving, following a work-related injury, in a suitable alternative...

Rhode Island Lawyers in the News: April 16, 2007.(Partridge Snow & Hahn L.L.P.)(Brief article)
April 16, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Minette M. Loula, Kyle Zambarano and Jeffrey M. Crudup have joined the litigation group at Adler, Pollock & Sheehan in Providence. Claudia J. Matzko and John D. Russell have joined the corporate...

The Timepiece: April 1991, 1992 and 1996.
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff The Timepiece is an occasional Hearsay feature that goes back in time to recall events in the Rhode Island legal-judicial community, as reported in previous issues of Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly. In...

Two Boston firms opening offices in Rhode Island.(Donoghue, Barrett and Singal appoints Jeffrey F. Chase-Lubitz, Jodie A. Caruolo)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff The southbound lanes of Interstate 95 might get a little more crowded with news of two Boston firms opening offices in the Ocean State. Jeffrey F. Chase-Lubitz of Donoghue, Barrett & Singal and...

R.I. Workers' Compensation Court judge rules woman gets comp benefits after assault by co-worker.(Mello v. City of Providence)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A woman was entitled to partial-incapacity workers' compensation benefits for the physical and mental harm she suffered after an altercation with a co-worker, a Workers' Compensation Court judge has ruled. The...

Two camps within Rhode Island bar spar over recording of confessions.
April 23, 2007... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz Making its way through the legislative channels, a bill requiring that police interrogations of suspects accused of murder or other capital crimes be recorded on audio- or videotape has drawn the support of...

Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Court Case Summaries: April 23, 2007.(Mello v. City of Providence)(Brief article)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Assault at work Where a petitioner was assaulted by a coworker and is, as a result, suffering from physical injuries and a stress-related condition, we hold that the...

Commentary: Who's kidding whom on associate salaries?
April 23, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll The news has been the talk of the legal world: average first-year associate pay at the mega-firms has exploded to more than $160,000. Some commentators say this opens up tremendous opportunity for smaller firms with...

Verdicts & Settlements April 23, 2007: Urologist's delay in diagnosis leads to kidney failure.(Youngsaye v. Susset)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff $500,000 verdict The plaintiff presented to the defendant treating primary care physician with signs and symptoms of potential kidney disease. Aftera couple of months, the defendant physician...

Providence Superior Court judge finds agency's draft report is privileged.
April 23, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer Policyholders of a workers' compensation insurer were not entitled to a draft of a report issued by a regulatory agency looking into the carrier's pricing practices, a Providence Superior Court judge has decided. ...

Annual Rhode Island Bench and Bar meeting planned for June 15.(Brief article)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff SUPREME COURT No. 2007-02 EXECUTIVE ORDER Pursuant to the authority granted to the Chief Justice under Section 8-15-2 of the General Laws of the State of Rhode Island 1956 (1985...

R.I. Supreme Court Case Summaries: April 23, 2007.(State v. Drew)(Arena v. City of Providence)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Murder - Jury instructions Where a defendant has appealed his convictions for murder, discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence and entering a dwelling with the...

Rhode Island Superior Courts Case Summaries: April 23, 2007.(Fuka v. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management)(Asea Brown Boveri S.A. v. Alcoa Fujikura Ltd.)(Ricci Drain-Laying Co. Inc. v. Christy's Auto Sales Inc.)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative DEM - Licensed fishermen - Disclosure of addresses Where the Rhode Island Fisherman's Alliance, Inc. seeks an order requiring the Department of Environmental Management to...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: April 23, 2007.(Asociacion de Educacion Privada de Puerto Rico Inc. v. Academia Discipulos de Cristo)(Aroostook Band of Micmacs v. Ryan)(Owens v. United States)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Education Puerto Rico - Textbooks - Disclosure Where a judge (1) found that a Puerto Rico statute (Law 116) and regulation (Rule 11) concerning the disclosure of information on the sale...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: April 23, 2007.(Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co. v. IDC Properties Inc. v. More)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Motion to sever third-party claims Where (1) a plaintiff title insurance company brought suit seeking a declaration that a policy issued to the defendant affords no coverage...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: April 23, 2007.(Azubuko v. Griesa )(Brief article)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Jurisdiction Personal - Federal judge Where a Massachusetts plaintiff has moved for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a suit against a defendant federal judge of the Southern District...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: April 23, 2007.(Watters v. Wachovia Bank)(Global Crossing Telecommunications Inc v. Metrophones Telecommunications Inc.)(Zuni Public School District v. U.S. Department of Education)(Brief article)
April 23, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Banks and banking State regulation State-chartered subsidiaries of national banks are regulated by the federal National Bank Act, not state law. Watters v. Wachovia Bank (Lawyers USA...

Commentary: Shawshank education? Offering future cons a solitary refinement.(Website overview)
April 30, 2007... Byline: David Yas So, you're going to prison. Sure, it's going to be rough. Not too much outdoor time. The food is probably going to be too salty. And then there's the threat of being severely beaten at any given moment. On the...

Landowner can't block sale of parking lots, rules Superior Court judge.(N and M Properties LLC v. The Town of West Warwick)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Thomas E. Egan The owner of a commercial building served by two, nearby municipal parking lots has no standing to challenge the town's decision to sell the lots to a private developer, a Superior Court judge has found. The...

1st Circuit rules lender's imperfect notice won't void refinancing deals.(Santos-Rodriguez v. Doral Mortgage Corp.)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Thomas E. Egan A group of homeowners could not rescind mortgage refinancing deals despite the fact that their lender's notification of their legal rights was "not perfect," the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The...

Rhode Island Ethics Commission. rules Housing Court judge may continue law practice, political activities.
April 30, 2007... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A candidate for a Housing Court judgeship could, if appointed, continue to practice law before certain agencies and engage in political activities, the Rhode Island Ethics Commission has determined. The...

R.I. Supreme Court issues calendar.
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff SHOW CAUSE CALENDAR APRIL 30, 2007 9:30 A.M. EDSON TORO v. A.T. WALL 2005-0268 Edson Toro, pro seKathleen Kelly CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE v. UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA...

1st Circuit seeks Criminal Justice Act panel applications.
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff OFFICE OF THE CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is accepting applications to serve on the court's Criminal Justice...

Rhode Island Supreme Court Case Summaries: April 30, 2007.(State v. Wiggins)(King v. Grand Chapter of Rhode Island Order of the Eastern Star)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Probation revocation Where a defendant has appealed a Superior Court judgment revoking his probation and ordering him to serve five of the seven-and-one-half years remaining on...

Rhode Island State Ethics Commission Case Summaries: April 30, 2007.(Brief article)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Conflict of interest Judicial candidate Where an attorney is a candidate for a Providence Housing Court judgeship, he may, if appointed, permissibly continue his political activity for...

Rhode Island Superior Courts Case Summaries: April 30, 2007.(N and M Properties LLC v. The Town of West Warwick)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Municipal Standing - Sale of parking lots to developer Where a plaintiff property owner has filed a complaint seeking a declaration that the defendant town's decision to sell municipal...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: April 30, 2007.(United States v. Ossai)(United States v. Pierre)(Ruiz-Rosa v. Rullan)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Self-contradictory order Where a federal judge in Puerto Rico (1) commanded the deposit of certain funds into the U.S. District Court registry, (2) denied intervention by a...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: April 30, 2007.(Palmigiano v. Sundlun)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil rights Smoke shop raid Where defendants have moved to dismiss a complaint arising out of a raid of the Narragansett Indian Smoke Shop, the complaint must be dismissed on the ground...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: April 30, 2007.(Gonzales v. Carhart)(James v. United States)(Brief article)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Constitutional Abortion The federal Partial-Birth Abortion Act is facially constitutional and does not impose an undue burden on a woman's right to abortion. Gonzales v. Carhart, et...

R.I. Workers' Compensation Court Case Summaries: April 30, 2007.(Gavin v. Dynamic Marketing Inc.)(Brief article)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Amendment - Description of injury Where an employee has appealed from a trial judge's decision denying the employee's request to amend the description of his...

New associations.(Partridge Snow & Hahn L.L.P. appoints Valerie K. Frias, Keith E. Fayan)(Brief article)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Valerie K. Frias and Keith E. Fayan have joined Partridge, Snow & Hahn in Providence as associates.

R.I. Lawyers in the News: April 30, 2007.(Partridge Snow & Hahn L.L.P. appoints Valerie K. Frias, Keith E. Fayan)(Bank Rhode Island's Merrill W. Sherman gets a place at Hall of Fame)(Brief article)
April 30, 2007... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Honors Merrill W. Sherman of Providence, president and CEO of Bank Rhode Island, has been inducted into the state's Hall of Fame. New Associations Valerie K. Frias and Keith E. Fayan...