Up here in WA, if you asked that question you'd be accused of a bias crime because DEI rules here
1. anyone with a lick of sense will now have to ask prospective Washington state lawyers if they passed the Washington state bar exam ...
2. anyone hiring a non-bar lawyer will now always claim they had poor representation whenever they lose ...
heck, even Better Call Saul passed the bar exam ...
Up here in WA, if you asked that question you'd be accused of a bias crime because DEI rules here
And in short time, that will be deemed a racially based question.
And I'd hire Saul long before any of these new "lawyers". If you are going to get down and dirty, do it with the best!