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title: "N.D. Cal. judges' AI requirements: lead trial counsel certification (Judges Lee and Martínez-Olguín) and AI-drafted identification (Magistrate Judge Kang)"
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# N.D. Cal. judges' AI requirements: lead trial counsel certification (Judges Lee and Martínez-Olguín) and AI-drafted identification (Magistrate Judge Kang)

> Fill-in AI wording for three Northern District of California chambers: the lead trial counsel verification certificate required by Judges Eumi K.…

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Law stated as at: 2026-11-07

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Fill-in AI wording for three Northern District of California chambers: the lead trial counsel verification certificate required by Judges Eumi K. Lee and Araceli Martínez-Olguín, and Magistrate Judge Kang's identification of AI-drafted documents.

## Key facts

- Kind: Court document. A document filed or served in a court or tribunal.
- Practice area: [Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States, United States federal courts, California
- AI level: Green. The tool writes the first draft inside a template you have already tested. You check it. Without that test, first drafting starts at Yellow.
- Law stated as at: 2026-11-07
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-11-07 against the 4 authorities it cites, for United States, United States federal courts and California.

## When to use it

Use in civil cases before Judge Lee or Judge Martínez-Olguín (any submission containing AI-generated content) or Magistrate Judge Kang (any brief, pleading or other document whose text was created or drafted with any use of an AI tool). Magistrate Judges Cisneros and van Keulen and Judge Thompson require no separate filing statement.

## How AI may be used

A tool may lay out the judge's statement and fill in facts the signer gives it. The signer decides what to say about the AI use and makes the checks the statement describes.

**AI may:**

- Insert the tool name, version and uses the signer has recorded
- Insert only a version of the statement that the rule or order provides and that matches the signer's account of AI use
- Check that the statement sits where the rule or order says it must

**AI must not:**

- Must not state that citations, quotations or facts were checked; only the signer can say that after doing it
- Must not describe the AI use more narrowly than the file record shows
- Must not put prompts, privileged material or confidential client information in the statement

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current judge's rule or order has been opened on the court's own site and matches the words used
- Every citation and quotation was checked by a person against an official or recognised source
- The statement is placed and signed as the rule requires, by the person the rule names
- Records of prompts submitted to generative AI tools are kept (Lee, Martínez-Olguín) and records identifying AI-drafted text are kept (Kang)

## Authorities

- [N.D. Cal., Standing Order for Civil Cases before Judge Eumi K. Lee (updated 28 August 2025), Part H, Use of Generative AI Tools](https://cand.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/standing-orders/EKL-Civil-Standing-Order-updated-8.28.2025.pdf)
- [N.D. Cal., Standing Order for Civil Cases before District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín (26 August 2026), paragraph 4, Artificial Intelligence](https://cand.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/standing-orders/AMO-CivilStandingOrder-8-26-2026.pdf)
- [N.D. Cal., Standing Order for Civil Cases before Magistrate Judge Peter H. Kang (16 July 2025), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Filings with the Court](https://cand.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/standing-orders/PHK-Civil-Standing-Order_2025.7.16.pdf)
- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_11)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-fed-ndcal-chambers-ai-certifications and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*