Rachael Honig | |
|---|---|
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| United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey | |
Acting | |
| In office January 6, 2021 – December 16, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Craig Carpenito |
| Succeeded by | Philip R. Sellinger |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse | Elie Honig |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Chicago (BA, JD) |
Rachael A. Honig is an American lawyer who served as the acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 2021.[1]
Education and career
Honig earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English language and literature from the University of Chicago in 1995 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 1999. She was a comment editor on the University of Chicago Law Review.
Career
Between 1999 and 2000, she was a judicial law clerk for Judge Mary M. Schroeder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Between 2000 and 2003, she worked as a litigation associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.[1]
Honig has worked in various roles in the office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. She served as assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal and Special Prosecutions Divisions from 2003 to 2010, as deputy chief of the Criminal Division from 2010 to 2013, and as counsel to the U.S. Attorney from 2013 to 2016.[1] She left government to work as a litigation and compliance investigations counsel at Celgene. In March 2018, she was appointed first assistant United States Attorney by then-United States Attorney Craig Carpenito.[2]
Personal life
Honig's husband, Elie, is also a former assistant United States attorney.[3] They have two children and live in Metuchen, New Jersey.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b c "Meet the Acting U.S. Attorney: Rachael A. Honig | United States Attorney's Office: District of New Jersey". www.buildbackbetter.gov. December 16, 2021.
- ^ "Who will be New Jersey's next US attorney? Here are five potential candidates | North Jersey". www.eu.northjersey.com.
- ^ Friedman, Matt (October 10, 2018). "Feds wiretapped Norcross". POLITICO.
- ^ "New N.J. chief of criminal prosecutions sharpened skills battling N.Y. mobsters". nj.com. March 24, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ "CNN's senior legal analyst fights for Holocaust remembrance - Jewish Community Voice". Jewishvoicesnj.org. December 1, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
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