Former Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael Hill Honig is leaving her $300,00-a-year compliance job at Rutgers University to become the new general counsel at the University of Rochester.
“Her background at a large, multifaceted research institution, combined with her extensive experience in the US Attorney’s Office and her strong grasp of the legal and regulatory environment in higher education and health care, will immediately bring great value to our institution,” said Sarah Mangelsdorf, the Rochester University president.
Honig served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney during Donald Trump’s first term, and then became Acting U.S. Attorney until Joe Biden nominated Philip Sellinger to become the state’s top federal prosecutor. She spent about 20 years at the U.S. Attorney’s Office as a career prosecutor…