The front of Hugo L Black Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama on August 15, 2023. The Legislature is considering a contract awarded to William Lunsford after he was removed from a case after one of his colleagues used AI in a filing with the court. (Jemma Stephenson/Alabama Reflector)
An attorney recently removed from a Corrections lawsuit after a colleague used artificial intelligence to create a filing that had fabricated citations is set to get another contract from the state.
Bill Lunsford of the law firm Butler Snow, who has handled millions of dollars in legal contracts for the Alabama Department of Corrections, is set to be awarded a new legal services contract from the department totaling $200,000, according to an agenda for Thursday’s meeting of the Joint Legislative Contract Review Committee…