The bill is named after our client, Sam Martinez, who died in 2019 after a night of hazing at a fraternity at Washington State University. The "Sam Martinez Stop Hazing...
April 6, 2023
The Washington House passed House Bill 1002, which would increase penalties associated with hazing. The bill comes after the passage of "Sam's Law," named after our client Sam Martinez, who...
February 27, 2023
The Seattle Times | Feb. 24, 2023 By Jolayne Houtz Sam’s soccer jerseys still hang in a neat row in his closet. The silver jacket he wore to his senior...
April 29, 2022
The Seattle Times The parents of a Washington State University (WSU) freshman from Bellevue who died after a fraternity party in 2019 say the university's negligence played a role in...
April 4, 2022
An update on our story from this past November about hazing. Sam Martinez, a 19-year-old freshman at Washington State University, died of acute alcohol poisoning while pledging the Alpha Tau...
March 3, 2022
Washington state lawmakers are working on a hazing-prevention bill that would put new restrictions on colleges, universities, and fraternities. "Sam's Law Act" cleared a final hurdle in the State Senate...