Correct me if I'm wrong, but your first reply was something like, "that's completely incorrect." I would have been more inclined to double check my answer earlier had you said: 'that's not correct. Subpoenas can come before someone is charged with a crime.'
They can come before civil suits too, at least if the civil suit is initiated by an administrative agency.
And they can come during the course of Congressional hearings which aren't related to a civil suit or a crime.
I'm not sure just alluding to grand jury subpoenas would have been as accurate as saying that you were just completely incorrect.
If I had known that your experience with subpoenas had come solely from dealing with civil suits as an attorney, then maybe I could have been more specific, but I didn't know at first what you were talking about.
In any case, good talking with you.
Thanks.