State Bar & Bar Associations,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Feb. 4, 2026
When AI gets lawyers in trouble: Sanctions and State Bar discipline loom
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James I. Ham
Founder
Law Office of James I. Ham
Email: jham@hamlawoffice.com
James I. Ham serves as outside California legal ethics and attorney regulation counsel, and is founder of the Law Office of James I. Ham.
This is not a nightmare of the sleeping kind. The rude awakening that comes from a court asking why you cited cases in a brief that don't exist or don't say what you claim they say can come with a double whammy--monetary sanctions and a referral to the State Bar.
Indications are that the State Bar views these cases as involving a form of misrepresentation that could potentially support a finding of moral turpitude based upon gross negligence. The co...
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