In one sense, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partner Donald Pongrace is a minority at his firm.

Of the nine full-time members of his firm’s 14-year-old American Indian law and policy practice, the chairman of the group is one of only two non-Native Americans. The seven full-time Native American members of the practice belong to six different American Indian groups, including Akin Gump clients.