Verifying the Machine: Catching AI Hallucinations in Your Briefs and Your Opponent’s

Frank Ramos, Partner | Goldberg Segalla

Frank Ramos is a nationally recognized litigator with more than 26 years of experience defending clients in civil matters, including retail, product liability, premises liability, trucking, insurance, and commercial disputes. He has taken numerous cases to verdict and advises businesses across the hospitality, retail, development, and fitness industries. His product liability work spans toxic exposure and personal injury claims in pharmaceuticals, construction, medical devices, and automotive sectors. Twice named Miami’s Product Liability Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America, Frank is also a leading voice on AI adoption, helping clients navigate legal and regulatory challenges. A prolific author and mentor known as the “Miami Mentor,” he has written 20 books and over 500 articles guiding the next generation of lawyers.

• Education & Credentials

Frank earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 1997 and his B.A., summa cum laude, from Florida International University in 1993. He has been a member of The Florida Bar since 1997 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida. He holds an AV Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

• Recognition & Leadership

Best Lawyers in America named Frank Miami’s “Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation – Defendants in 2020 and 2023 and for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants in 2025, and lists him for Commercial Litigation and Insurance Litigation in 2026. His further honors include Florida Super Lawyers (2013–26), Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite (2009–23), Forbes America’s Best-in-State Lawyers (2025), and recognition by The Florida Bar as its 2025 Mentor of the Year. The Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel has honored him with the Andrew C. Hecker Award (2024), the President’s Award (2020, 2022), and several additional service awards.

• Professional Involvement

A member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel since 2006, Frank serves as its Secretary-Treasurer for 2026 following board service as Director, Senior Director, and Executive Committee member, and served as Vice Chair of its AI Committee (2024–25). He sits on the Defense Research Institute’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force and previously served on the DRI board (2013–16). A member of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association since 1998, he served as its President in 2009 and has held board roles with the Miami-Dade Defense Bar Association and the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Historical Society.

• Experience

Frank has defended clients in civil litigation for more than 26 years, taking numerous trials and arbitrations to verdict or award across the retail, hospitality, transportation, manufacturing, health care, and construction industries. His product liability practice covers pharmaceutical, construction, medical device, and automotive matters, including toxic exposure and personal injury claims. He has given more than 400 presentations to lawyers and claims professionals, written 20 books and over 500 published articles, and is an active thought leader on artificial intelligence in legal practice.

SESSION 1 – A Repeatable System for Verifying AI-Generated Citations and Holdings | 2:30pm – 3:30pm

This session equips attorneys with a structured, six-step verification protocol for AI-generated legal research, covering citation existence, holding accuracy, quotation fidelity, and subsequent history. Attendees will learn how leading AI tools—including legal-specific platforms—fail, what the current sanctions landscape requires of them, and how to build a defensible, documented workflow before any AI-assisted brief leaves the office. Attorneys completing this session will be able to identify the specific failure modes of generative AI in legal research, apply a repeatable pre-filing checklist, and select the right verification tools for their practice.

BREAK | 3:30pm – 3:40pm

SESSION 2 – Catching AI Hallucinations in an Opponent’s Brief and Litigating What Follows | 3:40pm – 4:40pm

This session equips litigators to identify fabricated or distorted AI-generated authority in opposing briefs, select the correct sanctions vehicle, and execute the procedural steps that follow discovery of a hallucination. Attorneys will learn the red flags that distinguish genuine AI confabulation from ordinary citation error, the Rule 11, § 1927, and inherent-power frameworks courts have applied, and how local AI-disclosure rules create compounding liability. Attendees leave with a replicable litigation playbook — from the first suspicious citation through a sanctions motion or bar referral.