Chenoweth Law Group

Congratulations to our attorneys named this year’s Super Lawyers and Rising Stars!

Each year, Super Lawyers selects 5% of Oregon attorneys as Super Lawyers, and 2.5% as Rising Stars. This is based on a multi-phase process including peer nomination, evaluation, and independent research. We are so proud of our team for their outstanding work!

Ongoing coverage of the largest AI misuse sanctions in the United States.

KGW interviewed our attorney, Sandra Gustitus, about our firm’s recent precedent-setting ruling.

Watch the video in the link below.

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Oregon winery dispute leads to major sanctions over AI-generated court filings An attorney for the winery owners says the penalties may be among the largest in the U.S. tied to fake legal citations.

The New York Times reported on a recent decision in one of our cases. The U.S. District Court granted our motion for sanctions, imposing nearly $110,000 in monetary sanctions and dismissing the opposing party's $12.6 million claims with prejudice. We found citations in their briefs that were not citations to real cases or were citations to cases that did not stand for the points of law for which they were cited. Their briefs also contained numerous incorrect quotes from court opinions.

The decision addresses a disturbing and growing trend in the legal profession: lawyers filing AI-generated legal briefs without verifying the accuracy of the cases cited in those briefs. In this case, the plaintiffs' attorneys filed briefs drafted by one of their clients without verifying the content of the briefs. The client's role, and a failure by anyone to take accountability for fake citations contained in three briefs, justified the dismissal of the plaintiffs' claims.

Whether used by attorneys or clients, AI tools do not replace the duty to ensure that what is filed with the court is accurate, substantiated, and truthful. Courts are holding parties accountable when they fail to perform that duty.

We look forward to seeing our clients carry on their mother’s legacy by continuing their family business, Valley View Winery, in Southern Oregon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/oregon-winery-ai-legal-fight.html