If an attorney has used their court standing to obtain phone records with a subpoena, but has not filed (or never planned to file) a lawsuit...

Question

If an attorney has used their court standing to obtain phone records with a subpoena, but has not filed (or never planned to file) a lawsuit, how would the person who's records were illegally obtained confirm the attorney has done so if they are not an officer of the court themselves?

Answer

Subpoenas are only validly available once a lawsuit is filed, and are only validly issued and useable with the case name and number and other info on them. Without all that, no one would honor a subpeona. So..... Sounds like you are misinformed about the facts.

However, IF an attorney has falsified a subpoena, and used it to obtain your protected private info, then you could report that to the State Bar in a complaint, and report it to the court shown on the subpoena, and report it to the police as a crime.

You might also have grounds for a civil lawsuit against the attorney. IF you actually have evidence of such actions, feel free to contact me to discuss the evidence and case.