Lavabit waa ordered to give up their private key, despite the fact that Lavabit wasn't, itself, under investigation. In other words, they were forced to give up their clients privacy and were given a gag orders.
Attorneys don't exempt anyone from anything, but your comment seems to suggest their existence is for entertainment. A team of attorneys might have found a way out of the mess for Lavabit.
Lavabit held an encryption key that could decrypt evidence of a crime. They received a subpoena for that key. They followed what was likely any lawyer's advice to comply with the lawful subpoena (ordered by a judge, not a TLA).
Lavabit waa ordered to give up their private key, despite the fact that Lavabit wasn't, itself, under investigation. In other words, they were forced to give up their clients privacy and were given a gag orders.
Attorneys don't exempt anyone from anything, but your comment seems to suggest their existence is for entertainment. A team of attorneys might have found a way out of the mess for Lavabit.
1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit