Real People Over Robots: How Abrams Landau, Ltd. Handles Your Case
In an era of artificial intelligence and offshoring, we at Abrams Landau, Ltd. believe that human judgment still matters. Outsourcing judgment to algorithms, anonymouse overseas workers, or other shortcuts causes suffering at the hands of the clients, courts, and integrity of the justice system itself. At our firm, we do NOT use artificial intelligence (AI) to draft legal briefs, motions, or filings submitted to courts. Everything we write on behalf of our clients is thoroughly researched, written, and reviewed by our team.
Despite how quickly AI tools are developing, they still cannot exercise legal judgment, understand nuances, or evaluate credibility. A legal brief is not just a document, but a representation to the court, and carries with it an attorney’s duty of accuracy and accountability. This duty cannot be simply passed onto an AI software program.
In fact, in a recent New York decision, a trial court sanctioned counsel for submitting briefs that relied on hallucinated cases, or citations that did not exist, quotations that were fabricated, and authorities that did not support the statements for which they were cited. When opposing counsel flagged the inaccuracies, the attorney initially attempted to pass them off as paraphrases, however, the court was not persuaded.
Even more troubling, is that when the attorney later opposed a motion for sanctions, his filing contained yet another wave of fake citations. These fake citations show an example of hallucinations, one of the most frequent and concerning problems of depending on large language models. Hallucinations are when generative AI programs produce false, nonsensical, or fabricated information and confidently present these as fact. This is especially concerning in legal contexts, where accuracy, accountability, and nuanced judgment are critical. AI lacks true understanding of the law, the facts, and the consequences of its outputs, unlike human attorneys, who are trained to analyze, verify, and take responsibility for every statement submitted to a court.
Furthermore, the problem in this case was also abdication of responsibility. As stated in this article, the court emphasized that,
“In sum, counsel’s duty of candor to the Court cannot be delegated to a software program.”
Read more about this specific case here.
Abrams Landau, Ltd. also does NOT offshore legal work, meaning that we do NOT send clients’ sensitive:
- Medical records
- Tax returns
- Health or financial information
- Etc.
to contractors in foreign countries, even though many firms do so because it’s cheaper.
We value our team of real people that help real clients. When a client entrusts us with deeply personal information, their records are reviwed only be identifable professionals, operating under U.S. ethical rules, privacy laws, and accountability standards.
Every set of materials prepared for
- Courts, insurance companies, mediators, treating physicians, etc.
is reviewed by actual human beings. Attorney Doug Landau personally reads through the medical records, slowly and carefully. With his unique skillsets in having a medical background, he is able to knowledgably review the actual MRIs, X-rays, CT scans, and diagnostic imaging, not just summaries or notes.
Lawyer Landau and the other members of the team also actually meet with clients in person.
- There are no AI chatbots conducting intake
- No outsourced call centers reading scripts
- No automated systems pretending to listen
Legal representation begins with understanding and clear communication. This means face-to-face meetings, phone calls answered by real people, and emails read by professionals who know your case.
When we engage outside experts, whether for medical cost projections, legal research, specialized analysis, or other technology for their client’s unique needs, these experts have generally been located in
- Virginia, New Jersey, Georgia, or New York City,
which are all on the same time zone as us! Efficient and clear communication is something we value highly, and our reach with professionals up and down the East Coast allows us to access various expertise quickly.