CourtListener attorney search by name and/or firm. Returns parsed attorney records with firm name, contact info, and CL IDs. Supply at least one of name or firmName. Case-insensitive matching via Title-Case + startswith.
AI agents call law.attorney-lookup to retrieve information from Mcp without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves public attorney information from an existing database (CourtListener) without modifying data, executing code, or triggering external operations. It falls squarely within the Read category. Severity is low because attorney contact information is typically public, and retrieval alone poses minimal risk of misuse.
From the tool's definition Tool returns parsed attorney records with firm name, contact info, and CL IDs from CourtListener database; no creation, modification, deletion, or code execution described. This is purely a search/lookup operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
CourtListener attorney search by name and/or firm. Returns parsed attorney records with firm name, contact info, and CL IDs. Supply at least one of name or firmName. Case-insensitive matching via Title-Case + startswith. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for law.attorney-lookup: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp. Nothing to install.
law.attorney-lookup is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the law.attorney-lookup rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for law.attorney-lookup. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
law.attorney-lookup is provided by the MCP server (@2sio/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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