Rhode Island – October 23, 2024 – Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell appointed Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Partner Brian J. Lamoureux, a prominent business litigator and employment attorney who is a leading voice on social and digital media law, to the steering committee of the newly established Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts (“CAIC”).
In Executive Order No. 2024-03, released on October 22, 2024, Chief Justice Suttell noted, “The proliferation of generative AI will require the Judiciary, like all court systems across the country, to proactively navigate the balance between the promise of radical efficiency and the threat of inauthentic information.” For that reason, the CAIC will serve to “address the “impact of AI technology on the administration of justice, access to justice, court rules and procedures and the practice of law.”
The steering committee will be co-chaired by Supreme Court Associate Justice Erin Lynch Prata and Superior Court Associate Justice Brian P. Stern. Serving on the CAIC alongside Attorney Lamoureux are Family Court Associate Justice Richard A. Merola; District Court Associate Judge and former PLDO Partner Kas R. DeCarvalho; Workers’ Compensation Court Associate Judge Moira E. Reynolds; Traffic Tribunal Magistrate Michael DiChiro, Jr.; State Court Administrator Julie P. Hamil; and Linn F. Freedman, Esq., as designee of the Rhode Island Bar Association.
“It is a tremendous honor to be appointed to the CAIC, where we have the opportunity to shape how AI is used in Rhode Island’s judicial system,” said Attorney Lamoureux. “I look forward to working with the members of the steering committee, along with the CAIC’s subcommittees and other subject matter experts, to develop recommendations for establishing guidelines and rule changes that strike a balance between harnessing the benefits of AI technologies while protecting against bias, misinformation, and misuse of these rapidly-evolving technologies.”
Attorney Lamoureux is a member of PLDO’s Employment, Litigation and Corporate & Business Teams. His extensive practice areas include complex commercial litigation, employment law, cybersecurity, construction law, social media law, and creditors’ rights. In addition to being an accomplished business litigator, he is a frequent guest speaker, broadcast commentator, and published author on various legal issues, including cybersecurity, social and digital media, data privacy rights, and employment law topics. For the past two years, he has presented “Artificial Intelligence in the Courts” at the Rhode Island Fall Judicial Conference, where he demonstrated how attorneys are increasingly using AI to aid in the discovery process, mediation and arbitration; and how the Courts are adapting and placing limitations on their use in legal proceedings. He was also recently appointed to the Rhode Island Judiciary’s Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Commission that oversees all activities of the Education Office related to the MCLE program requirements for the state’s 6,000 licensed attorneys.
As an Assistant Professor of Practice (Business Law) at Providence College, his alma mater, he created and teaches an MBA-level course called “Digital and Social Media in the Business Environment.” In 2019, he received Providence College’s Excellence in Teaching award. Attorney Lamoureux graduated from Providence College with a B.A. in Political Science, cum laude. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Rhode Island and earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the Syracuse University College of Law. At the same time, he received a Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is qualified to serve as a receiver in Rhode Island Superior Court and is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association.
To contact Attorney Lamoureux, please call 401-824-5155 or email bjl@pldolaw.com. For information about PLDO, visit www.pldolaw.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
