Regardless of whether you believe law firms should be treated differently, I would submit to you that if your fund retains a law firm (or any other type of firm) that has a criminal history questions are going to be asked.
Police said there was a 57% reduction in "youth-related annoyance" compared to the three months before the trail, and a 51% fall in all anti-social type incidents, including drink-related offences, criminal damage and noise nuisance.
This wouldn't be an ugly Willie Horton-type tactic intended to harvest fear and play on stereotypes about who is a criminal and who isn't, or -- in this case -- who uses drugs and who sells them?