David J. Epstein, who founded the Clearinghouse in 1984, remains actively involved as a consultant to the Clearinghouse. David is an attorney who has specialized in unclaimed property law for the past 25 years. As a reporter to the Uniform Law Commission, David assisted in drafting the 1981 Model Act, and in subsequent years has played a key role in many states adopting the statute. He was an advisor to the Uniform Law Commission Drafting Committee which was responsible for drafting the 1995 Model Act. David is the co-author of Unclaimed Property Law Reporting Forms, and also the author of Escheat and Abandoned Property Laws: Survey and Analysis, a publication of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, which is distributed to every major public corporation in the United States