Elie Honig is a CNN's legal analyst who formerly worked as a federal and state prosecutor.
Currently, besides his role in the CNN, he serves as the executive director of the Rutgers Institute for Secure Communities. He has also been active as a special counsel at the New Jersey-based law firm, Lowenstein Sandler, LLC.
Elie is also a proud graduate of Cherry High School East, who went on to Rutgers College in 1997 for his undergraduate degree. It was finally in 2000 when he received his Law degree from Harvard Law School.
Elie Honig’s Bio: Age, Parents
Elie, who stands at an average height, is known for his witty words of wisdom & pithy insights among his family, friends, and colleagues. He embraces Middle Eastern American ethnicity from his parents.
Elie, age 44, was born in Camden to a social worker mother. When he was only two months old, his mother took him to attend his father’s graduation from Rutgers School of Law.
He was raised in Voorhees and then Cherry Hill, alongside his younger brothers. The boys grew up observing their father's legal profession. The family seemingly discusses the law over their dinner table.
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Be that as it may, Elie was never drawn to the civil matters such as real estate, tax law, and bankruptcy which his father handled. Instead, he yearned for real human drama.
Married Life With Wife / Spouse
Despite being a media personality, Elie keeps his personal life a secluded business as much as possible.
It is reported that together with his wife and two children, he leads a regular life in Middlesex County. Further details to his married life remain under the wraps.
However, there are times he tweeted about his children. On 16 June 2019, he made his regular wit-mixed tweet where his daughter was mentioned to be 12 years old.
Elie Honig tweets about his daughter on 16 June 2019 (Photo: Elie Honig's Twitter)
Meanwhile, on 23 August 2018, he took his son to MSNBC set and there, the little one was fortunate to meet the famous journalist and storyteller, Dan Rather.
As of now, Elie's spouse and the mother to his two kids is a complete mystery.
Elie Honig Career, CNN
With the completion of his formal education, Ellie joined the law firm in Washington, D.C. named, Covington & Burling as an associate.
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He worked there until 2004 and immediately started as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. There, he spent eight years, prosecuting and trying cases that involved organized crime, human trafficking, public corruption, and violent crimes.
Elie soon served as the deputy director, and eventually as a director of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice from 2012 through 2018.
During his time as a director, he launched a great many successful statewide policy initiatives which focused on bail reform, police-involved shooting response, body-worn cameras, community policing, internal affairs, witness protection, and deconfliction.
With all of his astounding achievements, he finally commenced his CNN career from October 2018.
