The focus of the depositions, which are publicly available through the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Las Vegas, is Da Silva, the hotel impresario who brought his Artisan Hotel chain to El Paso in 2006. The hotel didn't open until last fall, and on Wednesday it was ... asks Harrell Davis, attorney for the Crosby Sullivan Trust, one of the creditors in the bankruptcy case. ?Yes, it was my understanding that they were being paid for services,? Fandey replies in the deposition. ...