Bio:
Professor Naft’s teaching focuses on issues at the intersection of law, psychology, and organizational behavior. His courses examine how psychological research illuminates the operation of legal institutions and organizations, with particular attention to decision-making, organizational behavior, and institutional design. He is particularly interested in how institutional structures, incentives, and decision environments shape behavior and judgment in organizations and the legal profession.
He currently serves as General Counsel and Operating Advisor at Astria Elevate, a private equity firm, and previously served as Operating Partner and General Counsel at AGI Partners. Earlier in his career, he practiced law at Covington & Burling LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and clerked for Judge Constance Baker Motley of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
In 2020, he received Columbia University’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching.
