Oklahoma Chief Justice Colloquium on Civility and Ethics

Oklahoma Chief Justice Colloquium

On Civility and Ethics

Sponsored by the Oklahoma Supreme Court

FYI:  NO FOOD OR DRINKS ARE ALLOWED IN THE AUDITORIUM

The Oklahoma Supreme Court is pleased to announce the premiere of the Oklahoma Chief Justice Colloquium on Civility and Ethics, the beginning of an annual Oklahoma Bar Association event.

Presenters this year will be the Honorable Brantley Starr and the Honorable P. Kevin Castel.

Judge Starr is a United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas.

Judge Castel is a United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York.

Judge Starr and Judge Castel will discuss the ethical issues of Artificial Intelligence.  Judge Castel was the first judge to discover and then fine lawyers for using Chat GPT in a court filing which generated fake case citations.  Judge Starr was the first judge to create rules for his court on the use of AI.  The judges will discuss their personal scenarios with AI in their courts and engage in a lively discussion on the need for or against AI rules for lawyers.

Registration will begin at 12:45pm 

P. Kevin Castel entered service as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York on November 4, 2003, and today serves as a Senior Judge of that Court. 

Judge Castel has served as chair of the New York State-Federal Judicial Council (2020-2022), a body that facilitates coordination and cooperation between the federal and state judicial systems.  He is former president of the Federal Bar Council and former chair of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association.

He has taught as an adjunct professor in the field of Professional Responsibility at NYU School of Law and is an elected member of the American Law Institute.

Prior to the bench, Judge Castel practiced in the field of commercial litigation, including securities, antitrust, employment and products liability law. He was a partner in a large firm for twenty years and served as the firm’s co-administrative partner.  Prior to entering private practice, he served as law clerk to Judge Kevin T. Duffy of the same court on which he now serves as judge.

He received his B.S. and J.D. degrees from St. John’s University. In law school, he was articles editor of the law review and a St. Thomas More Scholar. 

Judge Castel has received the Stanley Fuld Award from the New York State Bar Association (2023), the Edward Weinfeld Award from New York County Lawyers (2017), the Excellence Award from the William C. Conner Inn of Court (2017), the John E. Sprizzo Award from the Manhattan Chapter of the St. John’s Law Alumni (2013).St. John’s has conferred upon him the Lifetime Achievement Award (2023) and an honorary Doctor of Laws (2004).

Judge P. Kevin Castel

Judge Brantley Starr

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