ROBERT G. FRAME
Born Denver, Colorado, May 6, 1945; admitted to bar: 1974, Florida, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1977, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Supreme Court.
Education: U.S. Coast Guard Academy (B.S., with honors, 1967); University of Miami (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Society of Wig and Robe. Member, University of Miami Law Review, 1973. Senior Trial Attorney, Torts Branch, U.S. Department of Justice, 1977-1983. Adjunct professor of law, University of San Francisco Law School, 1982. Co-founder and Senior Litigation Attorney, Alcantara & Frame 1982-1998. Alcantara Frame & Formby 1998-2001. Frame Formby & O’Kane, 2001-2006. Frame & Nakano, 2007.
Mr. Frame’s practice focuses in defense litigation involving admiralty/maritime injuries and claims, products liability, general insurance defense, insurance coverage litigation, personal injury defense and labor and employment law.
Member: Best Lawyers in America, Maritime Law 2007; Hawaii State Bar Association; Proctor, Maritime Law Association (MLA) of the United States (Proctor); Federal Bar Association. Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve (Retired) Additional Language: Thai.
MICHAEL J. NAKANO
Born Honolulu, Hawaii, December 13, 1970; admitted to bar: 1997, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Education: Occidental College (B.A., 1993); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1997); University of Hawaii Law Review, 1995-1997. Law Clerk of the Honorable Francis I. Yamashita, United States Magistrate Judge: 1996 - 1998. Associate Litigation Attorney, Alcantara Frame & Formby, 1998-2001. Senior Associate Litigation Attorney, Frame Formby & O’Kane, 2001-2006. Managing Partner, Frame & Nakano, 2007.
Mr. Nakano concentrates his practice in business defense litigation, admiralty/maritime law, LHWCA, administrative law, general commercial litigation, and personal injury defense.
Member: Hawaii State Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Maritime Law Association (MLA) of the United States; Board of Directors, Network Enterprises, Inc.
CYNTHIA A. FARIAS
Born Honolulu, Hawaii, February 24, 1957; admitted to bar: 1985, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii.
Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., 1982); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1985). Associate Litigation Attorney, Alcantara & Frame, 1986-1991. Associate Litigation Attorney, Oshima Chun Fong & Chun, 1991-1993. Law Offices of Cynthia Farias, 1993-2006. Litigation Partner, Frame & Nakano, 2007.
Ms. Farias practices business defense litigation concentrating in areas of admiralty/maritime law, personal injury, breach of contract, real estate and construction, trust/estate, and divorce/custody.
Member: Hawaii State Bar Association; Mediator, Mediation Centers of the Pacific; Board of Directors, Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii; Board of Directors, United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii; Board of Directors, Saint Francis Healtcare Foundation.
MARK S. HAMILTON
Born Mexico, Missouri, August 8, 1953; admitted to bar: 2002, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii.
Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 1979); University of Hawaii (M.A., 1989); University of Hawaii (J.D., 2002); Phi Delta Phi; Editor-in-Chief, Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal 2001-02; Law Clerk of the Honorable James S. Burns, Chief Judge, Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, 2002 - 2003. Associate Litigation Attorney, Frame Formby & O’Kane, September 2003-2006. Associate Litigation Attorney, Frame & Nakano, 2007.
Mr. Hamilton practices defense litigation concentrating in the areas of admiralty/maritime law, cargo, personal injury, international, internet and ocean law.
Member: Hawaii State and American Bar Associations, American Inn of Court, American Judicature Society. Adjunct Professor of History, Hawaii Pacific University, 1998 - Present.
Additional Language: Mandarin Chinese.