Do Big Law Firms Have Too Many Committees?

We want to open this one up for discussion — Big Law committees: cumbersome bureaucracy or important consensus builders? Should law firms add more, or pull back?

The answers depend on which firm you work for, your role and personal experience. But love ‘em or hate ‘em, practically every firm has one as they’ve been adopted as necessary governance bodies in the management of law firm business.

The question was raised today when one managing partner — Joseph Morford, the managing partner of 210-lawyer Tucker Ellis — came out swinging hard against the use of committees, saying that they can be corrosive to culture. ...