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Our work has been featured by national media covering hazing, sexual assault, and institutional accountability across the United States.
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Articles, interviews, and broadcasts highlighting our firm’s cases and advocacy.
The Wall Street Journal
A Long History of Reining In Fraternities at Cornell Has Come Up Short
After the Cornell fraternity party ban, a look at decades of attempts to rein in Greek life, with commentary from Douglas Fierberg.
Read the coverage: A Long History of Reining In Fraternities at Cornell Has Come Up Short, The Wall Street Journal
NewsNation
Doug Fierberg on NewsNation: what the Cornell case says about fraternities
Fraternities that manage themselves, and a university that doesn't tell students the risks. Doug Fierberg on the Cornell Chi Phi case.
Listen, with transcript: Doug Fierberg on NewsNation: what the Cornell case says about fraternities, NewsNation
America at Night with McGraw Milhaven
Doug Fierberg on why fraternity hazing keeps happening
Insurers once ranked fraternities a worse risk than hazardous waste disposal. Doug Fierberg on why Wisconsin, Penn State and Cornell are no accident.
Listen, with transcript: Doug Fierberg on why fraternity hazing keeps happening, America at Night with McGraw Milhaven
ABC7 Los Angeles
Death of Cal State Fullerton freshman draws attention to unaffiliated fraternity
Jonathon Fazzola on the death of an 18-year-old pledge at a fraternity the university stopped recognizing in 2021, and on an earlier death at the same school.
Watch the segment: Death of Cal State Fullerton freshman draws attention to unaffiliated fraternity, ABC7 Los Angeles
Interlochen Public Radio
A staffer left Interlochen amid abuse allegations. He later taught for decades and faced other allegations
When John Stanley Ross left Interlochen Arts Academy in 2000, he wrote a letter attributing his departure to personal reasons.
Read the coverage: A staffer left Interlochen amid abuse allegations. He later taught for decades and faced other allegations, Interlochen Public Radio
ClickOnDetroit · WDIV Local 4
“You just bury it”: Interlochen abuse survivor says he was ignored trying to report it
An Interlochen survivor says the school looked away when he tried to come forward. Rachael Denhollander on what accountability requires.
Watch the segment: “You just bury it”: Interlochen abuse survivor says he was ignored trying to report it, ClickOnDetroit · WDIV Local 4
The Seattle Times
WA Supreme Court rules in WSU hazing death
The Washington Supreme Court determined that WSU owed a “duty of care” to Sam Martinez, a 19-year-old who died of hazing-related alcohol poisoning in 2019.
Read the coverage: WA Supreme Court rules in WSU hazing death, The Seattle Times
We Ride Together
Featured in the Webby-Honored “Out of Bounds” Expert Roundtable
Doug Fierberg joins a national panel on how institutions respond to abuse and what true accountability looks like in sport.
Watch the panel: Featured in the Webby-Honored “Out of Bounds” Expert Roundtable, We Ride Together
Campus Safety Magazine
Campus Hazing Transparency Report Under the Stop Campus Hazing Act
The first entirely new public reporting requirement added to the Clery Act in 17 years.
Read the archived coverage: Campus Hazing Transparency Report Under the Stop Campus Hazing Act, Campus Safety Magazine
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Why a Fraternity Wants Students to Pay Up for an Alleged Hazing Incident
How national leaders shift hazing-prevention responsibility onto 18- and 19-year-old members.
Read the coverage: Why a Fraternity Wants Students to Pay Up for an Alleged Hazing Incident, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Hulu · ABC News Studios
Death in the Dorms Returns for Season 2
The docuseries tells the true stories of college students whose lives ended, including LSU freshman and our client, Max Gruver.
Watch the film: Death in the Dorms Returns for Season 2, Hulu · ABC News Studios
A&E · InvestigateTV
Houses of Horror: Douglas Fierberg Features in the First Two Episodes
How national Greek organizations use insurance structures to shield themselves from liability while leaving undergraduates unprotected.
Watch the film: Houses of Horror: Douglas Fierberg Features in the First Two Episodes, A&E · InvestigateTV
Documentary Series
Hazed & Excused
A series examining how secrecy, power, and pressure fuel substance abuse, sexual violence, and deadly outcomes inside Greek organizations.
Watch the film: Hazed & Excused, Documentary Series
ABC News Studios · Hulu
The Real-Life Victims in “Death in the Dorms”
Six real cases in which students were murdered on campus, including Baruch College student and our client, Michael Deng.
Watch the film: The Real-Life Victims in “Death in the Dorms”, ABC News Studios · Hulu
NBC News
Title IX Attorney Defends a Student After She Reports She Was Raped
The off-campus carveout “gives cover to schools that want to sweep sexual assault under the rug.”
Read the coverage: Title IX Attorney Defends a Student After She Reports She Was Raped, NBC News CNN
Deadly Haze: Inside the Fraternity Crisis
A CNN Special Report on Timothy Piazza’s death inside the Beta Theta Pi house at Penn State and the alleged coverup. Douglas Fierberg and a client appear.
Watch the film: Deadly Haze: Inside the Fraternity Crisis, CNN
The Atlantic
The Dark Power of Fraternities
A yearlong investigation into Greek houses and the system for shifting blame. Doug Fierberg, an expert in fraternity-related litigation, is highlighted throughout.
Read the coverage: The Dark Power of Fraternities, The AtlanticIn the News
More coverage of our cases and commentary.
NewsNation
Cornell fraternity holds information in rape case: Victims' rights lawyer
On NewsNation Live, Iliana Konidaris says the national fraternity "holds a lot of information, knows something that the public doesn't know."
Watch the segment: Cornell fraternity holds information in rape case: Victims' rights lawyer, NewsNation
TC Business News
Bailor Bell and Jacob Goodman named to the region's 40 Under 40
Both named to the 20th-anniversary 40 Under 40 — Bailor Bell for a third consecutive year, Jacob Goodman for a second.
Read the coverage: Bailor Bell and Jacob Goodman named to the region's 40 Under 40, TC Business News
NBC 6 South Florida
Secret Service agent pleads not guilty in deadly hazing incident
Douglas Fierberg provides analysis on the charges in an alleged college hazing case.
Watch the segment: Secret Service agent pleads not guilty in deadly hazing incident, NBC 6 South Florida
Detroit Free Press
Interlochen report renews push to expand statute of limitations
Attorney Bailor Bell on the legal paths still open to survivors and the statute-of-limitations reform before the Legislature.
Read the coverage: Interlochen report renews push to expand statute of limitations, Detroit Free Press TC Business News
Slaying the Beast: A Local Attorney with a National Reputation
Doug Fierberg is profiled for his national work holding universities and fraternities accountable in campus sexual assault and hazing cases.
Read the coverage: Slaying the Beast: A Local Attorney with a National Reputation, TC Business News