[Revised 9/12/08]
Name:
Eric Honig
Law Firm: Law Office of Eric Honig
Address: P.O. Box 10327
Suite:
City: Marina del Rey
State: CA
Country: USA
Zip code: 90295
Phone: 310-314-2603
Fax: 310-314-2793
E-mail: erichonig@aol.com
URL:
Qualifications and
Credentials
State/foreign bar licenses: California, New
York, Louisiana
Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court? no
Federal court admissions: CD/CA, SD/CA, 9th Cir., ED/LA, MD/LA,
5th Cir.
Law school: Tulane Univ., Law School 1981
Undergrad: B.S. Boston Univ. 1976
Types of cases handled: forfeiture trials; forfeiture appeals;
civil cases; constitutional rights.
Experienced in these forfeiture issues: federal criminal
forfeiture; federal civil forfeiture; state civil forfeiture; innocent
owners; lienholders; innocent spouses; landlords; money laundering;
cash transaction reporting forfeitures; IRS forfeitures;
proportionality; constitutional defenses
Years defending forfeiture cases: 13 years
Number of forfeiture cases handled: defense: over 500; as a fed.
prosecutor: at least 1,000.
Published forfeiture opinions: U.S.
v. 4,432 Mastercases of
Cigarettes, 322 F.Supp.2d 1075 (C.D. Cal. 2004);
U.S. v. Mayzel, 354 F.3d 1110
(9th Cir. 2004); U.S. v. $60,201.00
U.S.
Currency, 291 F.Supp.2d 1126 (C.D. Cal. 2003); U.S.
v. $100,348.00 U.S.
Currency, 157 F.Supp.2d 1110, 1116 (C.D. Cal. 2001); Carvajal v. U.S., 521 F.3d 1242
(9th Cir. 2008); Synagogue v. U.S.,
482 F.3d 1058 (9th Cir. 2007); U.S.
v. All Funds in Credit Suisse Private Banking Account, 2005 WL
5250030 (C.D.Cal 2005); U.S. v.
$244,320.00 in U.S. Currency, 295 F.Supp.2d 1050 (S.D.Iowa
2003); U.S. v. Real Property Located
at 9832 Richeon Ave., Downey, CA, 234 F.Supp.2d 1136 (C.D. Cal.
2002); U.S. v. $739,047.03 in U.S.
Currency, 2004 WL 1462290, 103 Fed.Appx. 245 (9th Cir. 2004); U.S. v. $215,271.00 in U.S. Currency,
2004 WL 1238865, 100 Fed.Appx. 667 (9th Cir. 2004); Sueoka v. U.S., 2004 WL 1042541,
101 Fed.Appx. 649 (9th Cir. 2004); U.S.
v. $193,680.00 U.S. Currency, 2004 WL 2370628 (C.D.Cal. 2004).
Publications on forfeiture: Los
Angeles Daily Journal: “Federal
Lockbox – The New Asset Forfeiture Statute Overhauls Government
Procedures in Favor of Property Owners;” “Drug Connection –
Government’s Civil Forfeiture Burden Gets More Difficult.”
Forfeiture seminars taught: 1990-95: United States Attorney
General's Advocacy Institute, Washington, DC; Instructor and Lecturer,
Civil Advocacy, and Asset Forfeiture Advocacy (co-creator of program).
Pro bono or volunteer work for FEAR:
Other volunteer work involving forfeiture: