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In re Faisal S. Ahmed (Minnesota attorney discipline)
·Supreme Court of Minnesota (stipulated attorney discipline)·US-STATESuspensionunverified
Minnesota lawyer Faisal Ahmed agreed to a 30-day suspension, approved by the Supreme Court of Minnesota, for a 2025 Hennepin County District Court memorandum that cited two nonexistent, AI-hallucinated decisions. Press coverage describes it as Minnesota's first attorney suspension tied to AI citations, following disciplinary actions in Nebraska and California earlier in 2026. The order has not been located.
- Court
- Supreme Court of Minnesota (stipulated attorney discipline)
- Date
- 2026-08-21
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- A 2025 memorandum filed in Hennepin County District Court before Judge Lois Conroy cited two nonexistent decisions, Anderson v. City of Biwabik and Doherty v. Alma E. Clark Memorial Home, reported as AI-hallucinated.
- Outcome
- Suspension
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- Minnesota Supreme Court / Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility: 30-day suspension by stipulation, reported 21 August 2026; the Supreme Court order has not been located. (2026-08-21)
- Status
- Unverified — pending primary-source confirmation
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “In re Faisal S. Ahmed (Minnesota attorney discipline)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/in-re-faisal-ahmed-minnesota (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.