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A Message to Families in Baird, Texas About Hazing & Student Safety For parents in Baird, Cross Plains, Clyde, and across Callahan County, there is no greater fear than the one that grips your heart when the phone rings with news that your child is hurt at college. You trusted the university, you trusted the organization, and you believed promises of safety and belonging. Right now, as we speak, our firm is fighting for a young man and his family who learned a devastating truth: that trust can be betrayed in the most violent and degrading ways, not somewhere far away, but at a major Texas university. This comprehensive guide is written for you—the families of Baird, Texas—to understand the reality of hazing in 2025, to know your legal rights under Texas law, and to see the path to accountability, using the very tools and cases we are deploying today. The Nightmare in Your Backyard: A Current Texas Hazing Case Before we explain anything else, you deserve to know what is happening right now in our state. We represent Leonel Bermudez, a former pledge of the Pi Kappa Phi (Beta Nu Chapter) at the University of Houston. His story, detailed…