Who Is Benjamin Schenk? Partner, The Schenk Law Firm
Trial attorney and co-founder of The Schenk Law Firm appointed to steering committee in coordinated AI product liability litigation.
Benjamin Schenk is a trial attorney, co-founder, and partner with The Schenk Law Firm who has been appointed to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in In re ChatGPT Product Liability Cases, Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding (JCCP) No. 5431 (PRWeb).
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Active in the field of AI litigation, Schenk previously served as a trial lawyer with Fell Law, with legal practice focuses including catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, mass torts, and complex business litigation (The San Diego Union-Tribune).
Where Benjamin Schenk Is Now
Benjamin Schenk currently serves as a partner and trial attorney at The Schenk Law Firm and participates in coordinated artificial intelligence litigation (PRWeb).
- Current role: Partner and trial attorney
- Organization: The Schenk Law Firm
- Known for: AI litigation and appointment to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in In re ChatGPT Product Liability Cases
- Recent news: Appointed by the San Francisco Superior Court to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in JCCP No. 5431
Career and Practice Areas
Benjamin Schenk is a co-founder of The Schenk Law Firm (PRWeb).
He previously served as a trial lawyer with Fell Law (The San Diego Union-Tribune).
Schenk's legal practice focuses have included catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, mass torts, and complex business litigation (The San Diego Union-Tribune).
In re ChatGPT Product Liability Cases
Schenk was appointed by the San Francisco Superior Court to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in In re ChatGPT Product Liability Cases, JCCP No. 5431 (PRWeb).
This coordinated proceeding involves landmark litigation against artificial intelligence companies, and Schenk is active in the field of AI litigation (PRWeb).
Statements on Artificial Intelligence and Safety
Schenk stated that courts nationwide are addressing how established product liability principles apply to artificial intelligence (PRWeb).
He publicly stated: "The question is whether the companies building conversational AI owe users the same duty of safety every other manufacturer does" (PRWeb).
Schenk also stated: "How these products are designed, tested and warned about will be decided in part by these cases. I'm honored to help lead this groundbreaking effort" (PRWeb).
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