Andrew Colton, the leading producer of personal injury "day in the life" legal videos and settlement documentaries in the United States, has publicly stated that artificial intelligence (AI) has no place in legal video production. The award-winning former network news correspondent made the comment after a law firm asked him to use AI to make someone's injuries appear more severe than they actually were.
"Artificial Intelligence has absolutely no place in legal video production," said Colton, who works with more than 200 attorneys and law firms nationwide. "My professional day in the life legal video productions are used to credibly document an injury in the hope of reaching an appropriate settlement or judgment. It's inappropriate for any legal professional to suggest that AI should be used to make an injury appear worse."
Colton said he refused to do so despite the risk of negative comments on attorney listserves. "There's nothing more important than credibility," said Colton. "Even if it leads to an unhappy law firm."
The incident underscores a message Colton has been sharing for more than a decade: hiring a communication professional to credibly produce legal day in the life videos and settlement documentaries is the only choice for respectable attorneys. Hiring a tech-school trained "legal videographer" who may happily use AI is a recipe for disaster.
"There are law firms out there that utilize so-called CLVS legal videographers for one of the most important elements of a personal injury case," said Colton. "A legal videographer is someone who records depositions. That's not the person you want documenting someone's personal moments like catheter maintenance, bowel program, or amputation aftermath."
Andrew Colton works as a one-man-band nationwide. His stunning video documentaries routinely induce major, record, and landmark settlements and judgments in personal injury, traumatic brain injury, wrongful death, truck accident, medical malpractice, and other major cases. Colton Legal Media, found at coltonlegalmedia.com, is the leading producer nationwide of Personal Injury Day In The Life Video, Legal Video, and Legal Settlement Documentary Production. With no domestic travel fees, Andrew Colton works in person nationwide and around the world.
