Kellen Safreed quoted in Law360 on AI usage by pro se plaintiffs

Kellen J. Safreed, associate in the firm’s Employment Department, was quoted in an article from Law360 titled, “His Client Got A Pro Se Suit. Then The AI Filings Started.” The article discusses the increased use of AI by pro se plaintiffs, its appeal, and its pitfalls.

From the article:

Kellen Safreed, a plaintiff-side employment attorney with Sherin and Lodgen in Boston, said he often sees potential clients come in with AI-aided pleadings information that is “true, but irrelevant.”

“They will bring a summary that includes citations or statutes or cases out of Indiana,” Safreed said. “Maybe that’s a real thing, but it has nothing to do with their Massachusetts employment claim.”

AI also has a tendency to tell the user what the user wants to hear, Safreed added.

“Someone wants to quit their job, but they want to get severance, and AI says, ‘Sure, it’s called constructive discharge,'” he said. “They get their hopes up, but they don’t realize that is a really high bar. Your boss being miserable to the point where you want to quit your job is probably not going to be a constructive discharge claim.”

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