Adam Chaudry
| Adam Lane Chaudry | |
|---|---|
| Occupation: | Prison consultant; former prosecutor (disbarred) |
| Firm: | Patronus Prison Consulting |
| Known for: | Founder of Patronus Prison Consulting |
| Conviction: | Fraud (2022 plea; misuse of grand jury and trial subpoenas) |
| Sentence: | 2 years |
| Status: | Released; disbarred 2023 |
Adam Lane Chaudry is an American prison consultant and a former Baltimore City Assistant State's Attorney. He founded Patronus Prison Consulting after serving a federal sentence for fraudulently obtaining the private telephone records of two former girlfriends by misusing criminal subpoenas.[1][2] He was disbarred by consent in January 2023 and sentenced to two years in federal prison that April.[3][1]
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⚠ Disclosed concern — read the underlying case before retaining. This is not a comment on the quality of Chaudry's consulting work, on which Prisonpedia has no independent client data. It reflects a specific, documented fit question. Chaudry's federal conviction was for misusing legal process to obtain other people's confidential records without authorization — he caused 65 grand jury and trial subpoenas to issue to telecommunications companies to pull the phone records of two former girlfriends, and admitted using what he obtained to stalk them.[1][2] He was disbarred by consent by the Maryland Supreme Court in January 2023.[3] Prison consulting involves receiving a client's presentence report, medical and financial records, and other highly sensitive material, and the field is unregulated, with no licensing body to which a complaint could be directed. A prospective client should weigh that history directly and ask how confidential records are handled. Prisonpedia records that Chaudry discloses his incarceration publicly on his own site; the firm's site does not describe the nature of the underlying offense.[4]
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Career as a Prosecutor
Chaudry worked as an Assistant State's Attorney in Baltimore City, where he prosecuted homicide cases.[2][4]
Federal Case
Federal prosecutors in the District of Maryland charged that Chaudry fraudulently caused 65 grand jury and trial subpoenas to be sent to telecommunications companies in Florida and New Jersey, seeking the telephone records of two women he had previously dated. The subpoenas were issued in the name of criminal proceedings to which the records had no connection. Chaudry admitted using the information he obtained to stalk the two women.[1][2]
The Maryland Supreme Court revoked his law license on January 3, 2023, after he agreed to disbarment.[3] On April 18, 2023, U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced him to two years in federal prison.[1][5] Coverage of the sentencing quoted the court's remark to Chaudry that "you cannot undo the harm."[2]
Patronus Prison Consulting
Chaudry founded Patronus Prison Consulting following his release. The firm's site presents him as a former homicide prosecutor and experienced litigator who spent more than a decade in the criminal justice system, and states that he served 14 months at the federal prison at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania before building the practice as "a guiding resource and voice for those who are facing a similar uncertainty."[4] The firm's domain was registered in September 2024.[4]
His combination of backgrounds is unusual in the field: most prison consultants come to the work either as former federal prisoners or as former Bureau of Prisons staff, while Chaudry practiced as a prosecutor before his own conviction.
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Former Baltimore City Assistant State's Attorney Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Unlawfully Obtaining Phone Records". U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "'You cannot undo the harm': Former Baltimore homicide prosecutor gets 2 years in stalking, subpoena abuse case".The Baltimore Sun.2023-04-18.Retrieved 2026-07-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Former prosecutor gets prison time for stalking by subpoena".ABA Journal.Retrieved 2026-07-30.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Patronus Prison Consulting". Patronus Prison Consulting. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
- ↑ "Ex-Baltimore prosecutor sentenced to federal prison for using subpoenas to stalk ex-girlfriends".The Daily Record.2023-04-18.Retrieved 2026-07-30.