Post by Kathryn Tewson / Redsky

Mr. Lundsford, by the by, “remains the Attorney General’s counsel of choice.”

D. Office of the Alabama Attorney General Attorney Brad Chynoweth attended the show cause hearing on behalf of the Alabama Attorney General. Doc. 200 at 7. He expressed that his office is

jul 24, 2025, 3:36 pm • 20 1

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of course he does!

jul 24, 2025, 4:12 pm • 0 0 • view

But not in this case! Mr. Lundsford has been disqualified from representing the ADOC further in this matter, along with the other referenced attorneys, and has been referred to the Alabama Bar. May they have the courage to do what the Attorney General apparently will not.

The court finds that (1) a public reprimand paired with a limited publication requirement, (2) disqualification, and (3) referral to applicable licensing authorities are necessary to rectify the misconduct here and vindicate judicial authority. Disqualification fits well: lawyers should know that if they make false statements in court proceedings, they will no longer have the professional opportunity to participate in those proceedings. Similarly, litigants should have assurance that false statements will not be allowed in their cases, and no court should be required to allow an attorney responsible for making false statements in the proceedings to continue in the proceedings. Likewise, a public reprimand with limited publication fits: it makes other clients, counsel, and courts aware of the lawyer's misconduct so that they may assess whether any measures are needed to protect their proceedings. Finally, the referral to licensing authorities is a bare minimum in the light of the primary nature of a lawyer's professional responsibility not to make things up.

jul 24, 2025, 3:40 pm • 25 1 • view

jul 24, 2025, 3:44 pm • 2 0 • view

AI hallucinations in legal briefs typically look like the exact case you want. In civil litigation, that is absolute gold. If this dude even perused the briefs, he would have been excited to read those cases and would have asked for a copy of them. Just that would have solved this. Dumb dumb dumb.

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