Would you hire the lawyer who just got sanctioned for using AI?

Would you hire the lawyer who just got sanctioned for using AI?

All over the country, lawyers are using artificial intelligence to write briefs and help them prepare for court. It is not going well. A family in Alabama lost a trust dispute last month because their lawyer filed citations to cases that do not exist. The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed their appeal, calling the conduct egregious, and barred the lawyer from filing in that court again without co-counsel sign-off. In the same month, a federal judg…