First, the second-hand embarrassment is now reaching the point of actual pain.
Second, I'm baffled by the part where he actually got fake opinions after the original citations were challenged. Was this all about avoiding Lexis/Westlaw fees?
@annmlipton I find it hard to believe anyone could be *this dumb* and still pass the bar. It must be a stunt to make a point or set a precedent or something.
@LouisIngenthron I dunno the dude's been practicing 30 years. I think he's just that naive about technology.
@annmlipton Yeah, but usually those are the types that have their assistants print out emails for them to read. That such a person would even know how to use ChatGPT stretches credulity. Maybe a paralegal got lazy and he just didn't check their work well enough?
@jimdoppke @annmlipton If it's any consolation, my generalization was more about generation than profession, and I was picturing more boomer than gen-Xer.
But also, I can very much assure you it's not a caricature. I've worked directly with these people (they just weren't lawyers).
@LouisIngenthron @annmlipton I think you're creating and then misapplying a caricature. I'm almost a 30-year lawyer myself (52 y/o) and I know very few in my cohort who fit your description. But any lawyer in any generation can make a series of poor decisions based on dire misunderstandings.