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

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13
Incidents tracked
4
Incidents in 2026
$57,100
In fines, where reported
2 of 13 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 5 of 13 incidents; the rest are undated or fall outside this window.

Blamed by name

ChatGPT 13 CoCounsel 1 Eve 1 Gemini 1 Lexis+ AI 1

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

Hall of Shame

All Fined 53 Caught, not sanctioned 32 Warned 20 Referred to the bar 17 Reprimanded 13 Filing dismissed 9 Outcome unclear 6 Suspension 1

Showing 11–13 of 13 incidents involving ChatGPT. Clear filters

Reprimanded ChatGPT 2026-02-10
The court publicly censured the attorney for filing an unreviewed, ChatGPT-drafted federal brief containing fabricated case citations.
Matter of Zareh · SC New York · NY
damiencharlotin.com ↗
The file →
  • Matter of Zareh involving respondent attorney
  • Filed unreviewed brief drafted by ChatGPT with fake case citations and misstatements
  • Publicly censured via reciprocal discipline
  • New York Supreme Court
  • Disciplined February 10, 2026; follows prior admonishment in federal court
Reprimanded ChatGPT 2025-11-21
Gordon Rees submitted filings with hallucinated AI citations; Judge Christopher L. Hawkins declined to sanction the firm but reprimanded former lawyer Cassie D. Preston.
In re Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc., et al. · Gordon Rees; Cassie Preston · U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama · AL
“attorneys must not allow their personal feelings to cloud their professional judgment, and Ms. Preston crossed a line when she resorted to making use of arguments and authorities generated by artificial intelligence”
news.bloomberglaw.com ↗
The file →
  • Jackson Hosp. & Clinic Inc. and Cassie Preston were sanctioned in bankruptcy court.
  • She submitted filings with artificial-intelligence generated fake citations.
  • The court publicly reprimanded her and ordered disclosure/compliance steps, with no monetary amount stated.
  • US Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama; Judge Christopher L. Hawkins.
  • Order dated 2025-11-21; the opinion also found misleading and fabricated citations.
Reprimanded ChatGPT 2023-11-22
Attorney Zachariah Crabill received a 90-day suspension after filing fabricated ChatGPT citations in a custody case and lying to the judge about their origin.
People v. Crabill · Zachariah Crabill · Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado · CO
“In November 2023, a Colorado disciplinary judge approved a suspension of one year and one day, with 90 days to serve, for violations including competence, diligence, and candor to the tribunal.”
llms-for-lawyers.com ↗
The file →
  • Attorney Zachariah Crabill filed court documents containing fake legal citations.
  • The fake citations were generated using ChatGPT, and Crabill initially blamed an intern.
  • Crabill was suspended for a year and a day, with 90 days served and the rest stayed on probation.
  • Adjudicated by Colorado's presiding disciplinary judge.
  • The disciplinary sanction was handed down in November 2023.
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