In general, a client's identity isn't privileged unless the disclosure of that information would implicate the client in a crime. Pulled up some case law:
E.g., In re Grand Jury Proceedings, 600 F.2d 215 (9th Cir. 1979); In re
Senel, 411 F.2d 195 (3rd Cir.), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 905 (1969); Matter of Grand Jury Subpoenas Served Upon Field, 408 F. Supp. 1169 (S.D.N.Y. 1976); United States v. Dickinson, 308 F. Supp. 900 (Ariz. 1969), aff'd, 421 F.2d 702 (9th Cir.1970); Arris v. State, 281 Ala. 622, 206 So. 2d 868 (1968); People v. Sullivan, 271 Cal. App. 2d 531, 77 Cal. Rptr. 25, cert. denied, 396 U.S. 973 (1969); Matter ofJacqueline F., 47 N.Y.2d 215, 391 N.E.2d 967, 417 N.Y.S.2d 884 (1979).
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