Rachael A. Honig

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 served as a comment editor on the University of Chicago Law Review. Between 1999 and 2000, she was a judicial law clerk to 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 U.S. 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. Ms. Honig was only the second woman to serve in this role. When appointed acting United States Attorney under the Vacancies Reform Act, she became the second woman ever to lead the office.[2]