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Working from home which I agree is more efficient from an individual work perspective, is not ideal from a management perspective. There are multiple reasons for that, but primarily good managers (i.e. partners in the law firm context) excel in creating a collegial environment in the middle of intensely stressful work conditions. The bad managers on the other hand will make your life hell whether you work from home or office.
It's the little things the good managers do which makes all the difference, the conversations you have while waiting for a call to start, or while taking a break working on something together, or in the car ride to the meeting, which cannot be replaced by work from home. It gives managers an opportunity for informal bond building and sometimes even mentoring. There is a lot of relationship and 'bond' building which happens in between the times work happens.
This opportunity for good managers, is effectively taken away from WFH. The consequence is the team which was being managed fine till WFH started, is now showing mental fatigue, burnouts, and resignations, because the current crop of good managers learnt how to manage their team well in offline mode, never remotely. Now in order to remain good managers they will have to learn how to achieve that remotely, but there are continuing doubts within these managers as to whether similar bonds and environments are even possible on a remote basis.