Arizona Makes Hazing A Crime

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com As of September 24, 2022, the state of Arizona now has criminalized hazing and the planning or organizing of hazing.[1] Also known as Jack’s Law, the enactment memorializes Jack Culolias, who drowned while...
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Sam Martinez Hazing Death: Sam’s Law and its Impact on Greek Organizations

Stephen R. Bernstein, Stephen R. Bernstein Law Offices, srb@srbernstein.com Sam Martinez, a 19-year-old student at Washington State University (WSU), pledged the Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity in July of 2019. He died on the morning of November 12, 2019, from...
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Another Foltz-Related Lawsuit Filed Against BGSU

 Ilana Linder, Fraternal Law Partners, Ilana.Linder@manleyburke.com A few months ago, the family of Stone Foltz, a BGSU student who passed away following the Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter’s Big/Little night, filed a civil lawsuit against Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in...
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Injunction Issued Against the Theta Xi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta at Eastern Michigan University

 Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com On January 5, 2022, as reported in the January issue of Fraternal Law, the Prosecutor of Washtenaw County, on behalf of the State of Michigan and joined by the City of Ypsilanti, sued...
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The Elusive “Fairness” of University Investigative Processes

Haellie Gordon, [1] Fraternal Law Partners, hgordon@manleyburke.com On May 4, 2022, the Theta Delta Chi chapter (the “Chapter”) at Stanford University (the “University”) filed a complaint against the University following the revocation of the Chapter’s recognition for six (6) years.[2]...
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Appellate Court Upholds Dismissal of Fraternal Defendants

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com In July, a California Court of Appeals[1] upheld the trial Court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against Alpha Epsilon Pi (“AEPi”), the national fraternity, the AEPi Foundation, the AEPi chapter at UCLA, and the...
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Stone Foltz Parents Sue Bowling Green State University

Gracie Woodyard,[1] Fraternal Law Partners, gracie.woodyard@manleyburke.com Fraternal Law Partners has continued to report on the death of Stone Foltz, who tragically died after a Pi Kappa Alpha hazing ritual at Bowling Green State University’s (“BGSU”).             In June 2022, Foltz’s...
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Final Sentences Issued in Hazing Death of Stone Foltz

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com As reported in the June 2022 Issue of Fraternal Law, Jacob Krinn and Troy Henricksen, the last two individuals charged in the hazing related death of Stone Foltz at Bowling Green State University,...
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Creation of the University Park Interfraternity Council to Promote Peer Governance

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com A university has every right to promptly and fairly investigate accusations of misconduct by members of fraternities and sororities. However, at times, whatever good intentions a university may have, too often universities’ reactions...
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Hazing Incidents Lead to Serious Repercussions for Two Local Fraternity Chapters and Their Members

Haellie Gordon, [1] Fraternal Law Partners, hgordon@manleyburke.com Two local fraternity chapters and their members face repercussions arising from recent hazing allegations. Specifically, the involved members are now defending against criminal charges, and the chapters are no longer operating. First, at...
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