Amol Naik is the Global Political Law specialist on Google's Ethics and Compliance team. In that capacity, Amol handles all legal issues relating to campaign finance, lobbying, government ethics and political law for Google.
Prior to joining Google, Amol practiced at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP in Atlanta, Georgia. Amol has significant experience representing clients before the Federal Election Commission and state and local ethics commissions nationwide on campaign finance issues. He has also successfully represented elected officials and candidates in election disputes in court and before state and local elections boards.
Amol has extensive experience with political campaigns, having actively participated in numerous federal, state and local campaigns.
Previously, Amol served as Chief of Staff to the Georgia Senate Minority Leader. During law school, Amol was Notes and Comments Editor of the Emory International Law Review and the recipient of an Atlanta Bar Association Minority Clerkship. Before law school, Amol was a journalist, including a stint at the Washington DC bureau of an international daily newspaper.
The Daily Report has named Mr. Naik to its annual "On the Rise" list of 10 Georgia lawyers under 40. Atlanta Magazine also named Mr. Naik to its list of "Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Stars." In addition, Mr. Naik is a recipient of the German Marshall Fund's Marshall Memorial Fellowship, and is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta's L.E.A.D. Atlanta class of 2007. Amol holds a BA in History from the University of North Carolina and JD from the Emory University School of Law.