Feb. 25 marks the 11th anniversary of the tragic death of our client, George Desdunes, in a 2011 fraternity hazing incident that rocked Cornell’s campus and sparked national outrage. Now,...
February 8, 2022
Anyone convicted of hazing a college student in Georgia could serve up to five years in prison under legislation introduced this week by more than a dozen state senators. Senate...
February 8, 2022
West Virginia University has suspended the Delta Chi fraternity for an alleged hazing incident in violation of the Student Conduct Code. Per a news release from the university, the suspension...
January 27, 2022
The bill passed unanimously, and Courtney White rose from her bench in the upstairs Senate gallery to hug her uncle, Eric Oakes. Then the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax,...
January 26, 2022
Hector Martinez and Jolayne Houtz still grieve for their son. Sam Martinez died in November 2019 of acute alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity at Washington State University, where he...
January 14, 2022
After months of preparation by Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Adam Oakes’ family, two anti-hazing legislation bills have been pre-filed in the Virginia General Assembly for the 2022 session. Oakes died...