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[Revised 8/16/05]
 
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:
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
Other degrees:
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).
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:

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