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

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86
Incidents tracked
30
Incidents in 2026
$86,945
In fines, where reported
5 of 86 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 49 of 86 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 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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Reprimanded ChatGPT
Forrister submitted AI-fabricated citations in a filing and faced discipline from the Texas Supreme Court.
In re: The State Bar of Texas v. Christopher W. Forrister · Christopher W. Forrister · Supreme Court of Texas · TX
caseread.ai ↗
The file →
  • Christopher W. Forrister was disciplined for AI-fabricated citations.
  • He filed a document that included fake citations generated by AI.
  • The Texas Supreme Court issued a reprimand.
  • The court was the Supreme Court of Texas.
  • The page names ChatGPT as the AI tool but gives no order date.
Reprimanded
The Georgia Supreme Court found an order contained non-existent or unsupported citations and admonished and suspended the prosecutor for six months.
Payne vs. State · Supreme Court of Georgia · GA
“The state justices urged trial judges to examine proposed court orders “with the understanding that artificial intelligence software, with all of its potential risks and benefits, may have been used”.”
blogs.lse.ac.uk ↗
The file →
  • Payne vs. State involved an order with non-existent citations.
  • The proposed order was prepared by the prosecutor with help from an LLM tool.
  • The court admonished the prosecutor and suspended her for six months.
  • Supreme Court of Georgia; Georgia.
  • The page says she did not cross-check the citations before submitting them.
Reprimanded
A lawyer filed fake and hallucinated citations in a brief and was reprimanded by the U.S. appeals court.
Lawyer’s use of “fake and hallucinated” citations gets reprimand from U.S. appeals court · U.S. appeals court
l4sb.com ↗
The file →
  • A lawyer was reprimanded after filing fake and hallucinated citations.
  • The page says the citations were fake and hallucinated due to AI hallucinations.
  • The sanction was a reprimand with no amount stated.
  • The court was a U.S. appeals court in federal court.
  • The page gives no attorney name, date, or AI tool.
Reprimanded
A regulated trademark attorney relied on inaccurate AI outputs with fabricated authorities, and the tribunal found serious misconduct.
UKIPO Trademark Appeal (BL O/0559/25) · UK Intellectual Property Office
“A regulated professional is under a duty to exercise independent judgment and cannot abdicate that responsibility to an algorithm.”
thebarristergroup.co.uk ↗
The file →
  • The page identifies a UKIPO trademark appeal, BL O/0559/25.
  • Both an LIP and a regulated trademark attorney relied on inaccurate AI outputs, including fabricated authorities.
  • For the attorney, the tribunal treated the conduct as serious misconduct.
  • The matter was before the UK Intellectual Property Office.
  • The page says the attorney was subject to the stricter professional standard because he was regulated.
Reprimanded 2026-07-30
A lawyer copied non-existent and incorrect case law from an AI tool into two tenancy cases, and the Disciplinary Board in ’s-Hertogenbosch reprimanded the lawyer.
Reprimand after AI use in tenancy cases · Disciplinary Board in ’s-Hertogenbosch
verileges.nl ↗
The file →
  • A lawyer in two tenancy cases was reprimanded.
  • The lawyer copied non-existent and incorrect case law from an AI tool.
  • The sanction was a reprimand.
  • Disciplinary Board in ’s-Hertogenbosch.
  • 30 July 2026; the lawyer had not checked the generated sources.
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