Another Am Law 100 law firm is making changes to its C-suite as the legal profession confronts its diversity gap.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has added Washington, D.C.-based Nimesh Patel as its chief diversity and inclusion officer. Patel joins from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, where he led the firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts since 2016.