[nullc]

The "in your state" bit in the blurb sounds like the author might be suffering from a misunderstanding:

Licensed attorneys in other states can act as in house council in California: https://www.courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index.cfm?title=nine&lin... They have to register with the state.

Depending on your origination is doing and what services the attorney is providing this might be completely reasonable.

[altusbrown]

That registration with the state puts them in one of the other categories I checked. She was not in those categories.

Those in house council also are a very different category than a independent lawyer.

You're not wrong there is an edge case - it just isn't applicable here (And is called out on the state bar web page as something to check)