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

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

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Blamed by name

ChatGPT 7 Gemini 1 Lexis+ AI 1

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

Hall of Shame

All Fined 58 Caught, not sanctioned 42 Warned 21 Referred to the bar 17 Filing dismissed 8 Reprimanded 7 Outcome unclear 2 Suspension 1

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Reprimanded ChatGPT
Three attorneys filed a motion with fabricated AI citations; a federal judge publicly reprimanded and disqualified them and referred them to the State Bar.
Alabama supervising attorney and others · federal judge · AL
“This was “an extreme dereliction of professional responsibility” and “lazy, convenient fictions” substituting for truth.”

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  • United States v. Baker
  • Kelley v. City of Birmingham
  • Greer v. Warden
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  • Alabama supervising attorney was one of three lawyers sanctioned over a motion with fake citations.
  • ChatGPT produced citations that were copied into the motion without verification.
  • The court publicly reprimanded and disqualified all three attorneys and referred them to the State Bar.
  • Federal court in Alabama.
  • Page says the judge called the conduct “recklessness in the extreme” and required review of 52 federal cases.
Reprimanded ChatGPT
Two outside attorneys cited cases that ChatGPT hallucinated in an unrelated lawsuit and were publicly reprimanded and referred to licensing authorities.
Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center conditions case · Matthew Reeves and William Lunsford · U.S. District Court · MD
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  • Matthew Reeves and William Lunsford were the attorneys.
  • They cited cases that ChatGPT hallucinated in an unrelated lawsuit.
  • Judge Anna M. Manasco publicly reprimanded them and referred them to bar authorities.
  • U.S. District Court in Alabama.
  • The article says this happened this year; the page names ChatGPT and the referral.
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
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  • 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 ChatGPT 2026-07-07
The Connecticut Supreme Court found seven ChatGPT-caused filing errors by a GLG Law LLC attorney and ordered continuing legal education, finding negligence rather than intent to mislead.
TOV Realty, LLC v. Angel Suarez et al. / Kosel Equity, LLC v. Mark MacGregor et al. · Ian G. Gottlieb; GLG Law LLC · Connecticut Supreme Court · CT
“why they should not be sanctioned for misrepresenting “the law through the use of generative artificial intelligence.””
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  • GLG Law LLC attorney Logan Vance was the subject of the order.
  • Seven filing errors were caused by ChatGPT, according to the court.
  • The court ordered continuing legal education, not money.
  • Connecticut Supreme Court, Connecticut.
  • August 3, 2026; the court found negligence in using new technology, not an intent to deceive.
Reprimanded ChatGPT 2026-05-21
H. Gregory Harp filed a response with false quotations attributed to real cases and was sanctioned by Judge Harold D. Mooty III.
Jackie Miller v. Regions Bank · H. Gregory Harp · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama · AL
““Lawyers make errors. Competent and ethical lawyers own them””
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  • Jackie Miller v. Regions Bank; attorney H. Gregory Harp
  • Harp filed a response with false quotations in support of summary judgment briefing
  • He was sanctioned and suspended for six months in the Northern District of Alabama
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Alabama
  • May 21, 2026; the court suspected generative AI and Harp later admitted using free ChatGPT for proofreading
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.
Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc. bankruptcy proceeding · Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani · 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”
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  • 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.
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