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Judge orders $25,498 sanction after attorney filed briefs with AI-generated, non‑existent cases
Summary
Clayton County State Court Judge Tammy Long Hayward on Jan. 14 ordered attorney Tristan Gillespie to pay $25,498.08 to opposing counsel after finding that multiple filings relied on case citations later shown to be fabricated by an AI application.
Judge Tammy Long Hayward imposed a personal sanction of $25,498.08 on attorney Tristan Gillespie after finding that several briefs he filed contained non-existent case citations generated by an artificial-intelligence application.
The sanction followed a hearing in which defense counsel (Mister Kennedy) documented repeated filings that included fictitious authorities and described time and fees spent responding. Kennedy asked the court to order reimbursement of fees and to dismiss the case; Hayward declined to…
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