Fulton Cnty. Sup. Ct. (Ga.): Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence and…
Hon. Kelly Lee Ellerbe · Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia
Verified September 28, 2026
- Citation
- Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence and Certification of Citations in Filings and Proposed Orders for Cases in Judge Kelly Lee Ellerbe's Division (Fulton County Superior Court)
- Order date
- June 23, 2026
Summary
Governs 'the preparation of all motions, briefs, proposed orders, and other written submissions filed in this Court's criminal and civil dockets,' and 'applies to all attorneys and all parties proceeding without counsel (pro se parties).'
What does the order require?
- Governs 'the preparation of all motions, briefs, proposed orders, and other written submissions filed in this Court's criminal and civil dockets,' and 'applies to all attorneys and all parties proceeding without counsel (pro se parties).'
- 'Any attorney or pro-se party who uses AI in any capacity to prepare, draft, or review a filing or submission to the Court shall disclose such use in the document with the following certification.'
- Certification: 'This document was generated with the assistance of [identify AI tool(s) used, e.g., Chat GPT, Perplexity, Claude, etc.]. I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that, despite reliance on an AI tool, I have independently reviewed this document to confirm accuracy, legitimacy, and use of good and applicable law.'
- Second certification: 'I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that every citation to law, case, statute, or the record in this document has been verified as accurate and that it exists as cited and for the proposition cited.'
- 'The above certification must appear at the end of the document, before the signature block.'
- Failure to comply 'may result in the Court taking appropriate action, including without limitation striking the filing, imposing sanctions, or disciplinary referral.' 'Mistake, lack of technical expertise, or time constraints will not be accepted as good faith excuses for noncompliance.'
Practice areas: state civil, state criminal
What the order requires
Judge Kelly Lee Ellerbe’s standing order governs “all motions, briefs, proposed orders, and other written submissions filed in this Court’s criminal and civil dockets” in her division, and it “applies to all attorneys and all parties proceeding without counsel (pro se parties).”
“Any attorney or pro-se party who uses AI in any capacity to prepare, draft, or review a filing or submission to the Court shall disclose such use in the document with the following certification”:
“This document was generated with the assistance of [identify AI tool(s) used, e.g., Chat GPT, Perplexity, Claude, etc.].
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that, despite reliance on an AI tool, I have independently reviewed this document to confirm accuracy, legitimacy, and use of good and applicable law.
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that every citation to law, case, statute, or the record in this document has been verified as accurate and that it exists as cited and for the proposition cited.”
The certification goes “at the end of the document, before the signature block.”
Three features worth noting
“In any capacity.” The trigger is broad: AI used “to prepare, draft, or review” a filing. By its terms, AI used only to review a draft falls within it.
Under penalty of perjury. Both attestations are sworn, which raises the stakes of an inaccurate certification beyond a Rule 11-style signature.
No good-faith excuse. “Mistake, lack of technical expertise, or time constraints will not be accepted as good faith excuses for noncompliance.” Consequences include “striking the filing, imposing sanctions, or disciplinary referral,” and AI use “does not relieve any attorney or pro-se party of their ethical obligations and/or professional obligations (such as Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 and 3.1).”
Relationship to Judge Schwall’s order
The certification language is materially the same as the one in Judge Craig L. Schwall, Sr.’s July 2025 standing order in the same court. Both are division-level orders: each binds only the cases assigned to that judge.