Mr. Honen focuses his practice in corporate and venture capital law, and commercial litigation. Mr. Honen provides corporate counsel to a broad spectrum of companies with a particular emphasis on emerging growth and start-up companies. He has also successfully represented companies in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters including shareholder disputes, corporate dissolution actions, and the enforcement of restrictive covenants. Mr. Honen is also acknowledged to be one of the early practitioners of nanotechnology law in upstate New York, as reported in a March 2003 article in the New York Law Journal. In 2009, Mr. Honen was named to Upstate New York's Super Lawyers list, which recognizes lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Mr. Honen's publication credits include acting as General Editor for the LexisNexis Practice Insights (LexisNexis Online) and as an Editorial Board Member and a chapter editor of "White's New York Business Entities" (LexisNexis Matthew Bender). He has also written many articles on business and corporate issues for local publications.

Mr. Honen has lectured extensively, particularly on topics of corporate law, venture capital and angel investing. He  recently testified before a Joint Session of the New York State Legislature on behalf of Universities of Upstate New York Venture Forum (UNYTECH) in support of a proposed $25,000,000 seed stage fund for university-based start-ups. This grew out of his testimony before Governor David Paterson's Task Force on Diversifying The New York State Economy Through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships on the need for a State-sponsored seed investment fund. Mr. Honen has spoken as a panelist at the annual meetings of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) discussing "Large Company-Small Company Collaborations," the National Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Conference discussing venture investing, the Vermont Investors' Forum, the American Ceramics Society.

Mr. Honen also speaks at various continuing legal education programs sponsored by the New York State Bar Association and other groups, and has guest lectured at Albany Law School of Union University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University at Albany at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.  He also speaks at entrepreneurial events, such as The Entrepreneur's Network in Rochester concerning financial models and venture capital term sheets, and on a panel of venture capitalists for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Invention to Venture Program on the topic of Finding the Money.  Additionally, Mr. Honen is one of the founders of, and for many years served as moderator for, SmartStart and UNYTECH Venture Forum, upstate New York's largest tech transfer/early stage forum.

Admitted to Practice
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
U.S. Tax Court

Education
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1985
State University of New York at Albany, B.A., 1982

• General Editor: "LexisNexis Practice Insights", on-line commentaries to the New York State Business Corporation Law, New York State Limited Liability Company Law, New York State Partnership Law and New York State Not-for-Profit Corporation Law (LexisNexis Online 2006)
• Editorial Board Member: "White, New York Corporations" (LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2006).
• Editor: "Judicial Dissolution", Chapter 11 of White New York Corporations (LexisNexis Matthew  Bender 2006).
• "Building Angel Networks in New York State", New Jobs New York; Guest Column, July 2006
• Co-Author: "From Concept to  Commercialization: Practical Insights on the Intersection Between Intellectual Property and Corporate Law", Bright Ideas (a publication of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association) Fall 2003
• "Lawyers Must Understand How to Close, Not Kill, A Deal", Business Review, August 2003
• "New Law Will Raise The Bar On Bankruptcy", Business Review, April 2001
• "Venture Capital Investing in Emerging Growth Regions", Capital Growth Interactive Venture Guide, April 2001
• Co-Author: "Bank's Counsel Works Just To Protect The Bank's Interest", Business Review, May 2000
• Co-Author: "Company Must Know How To Protect Its Intellectual Property", Business Review, December 1999
• Co-Author: "Recent Law Allows for Historic Districts Tax Breaks", Business Review, June 1998
• "Non-Competes Help Protect Firm's Information", Business Review, June 1997

Present Activities

• Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
• Tech Valley Angels Network, Founding Member and Partner
• University at Albany Council for Economic Outreach, Member
• WAMC radio, Affiliate on Technology and Venture Capital
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professional Leadership Program, Guest Lecturer
• Questar III New Visions Program, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Guest Speaker
• Brandeis Baruch Society of the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, Former Co-chair
• The Center for Economic Growth, Former General Counsel, Executive Committee Member, and Director

Honors & Awards

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 
• Selected for the Upstate New York Super Lawyers list, 2007-2008