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Every incident where a lawyer got caught filing AI-fabricated citations. The Hall of Shame.

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101
Incidents tracked
31
Incidents in 2026
$386,941
In fines, where reported
14 of 101 report an amount

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Incidents per month

Last 18 months of published incidents, by the date of the court's order.

Apr 2025 Sep 2026

Charting 60 of 101 incidents; the rest are undated or fall outside this window.

Blamed by name

ChatGPT 17 Claude 2 CoCounsel 2 LEAP 2 AI-assisted legal software 1 ChatGPT-4 1 Copilot 1 GPT-3.5 1 Gemini 1 Legal Genius 1

Counts only incidents where the filing court or the reporting named the tool.

Hall of Shame

All Fined 251 Caught, not sanctioned 199 Warned 125 Referred to the bar 101 Reprimanded 86 Outcome unclear 56 Filing dismissed 37 Suspension 2 Upcoming sanction 1

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Referred to the bar ChatGPT 2024-01-30
The Second Circuit referred attorney Jae S. Lee to its grievance panel after he cited a ChatGPT-generated non-existent case in a reply brief.
Park v. Kim · Jae S. Lee · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · NY
“well below the basic obligations of counsel”
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  • Park v. Kim involved Jae S. Lee of JSL Law Offices.
  • She cited a non-existent case in a reply brief and admitted ChatGPT use.
  • The Second Circuit referred her to its Grievance Panel.
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
  • January 30, 2024; the panel said her conduct was well below the basic obligations of counsel.
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