Rachael A. Honig

Rachael A. Honig is an American lawyer who served as the acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 2021.

Education and career Honig earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English language and literature from the University of Chicago in 1995 and a J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1999. She was a comment editor for 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.

Honig is currently the chief compliance officer at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Personal life Honig's husband, Elie Honig, is also a former assistant United States attorney. They have two children, son Aaron and daughter Leah, and live in Metuchen, New Jersey, which is near Rutgers University.