Lynden Lyman is an officer of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. and a senior manager of its Unclaimed Property Clearinghouse in
Boston
. The Clearinghouse is the leading provider of support services to state unclaimed property programs, working under contract with all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico
to perform compliance reviews, recordkeeping, database development and management, and claims processing. Lynden is a licensed attorney with nearly 25 years of experience in unclaimed property law, administration, and auditing. Formerly, as an assistant attorney general with the state of
Iowa
, Lynden participated in state initiated audits of banks, insurance companies, utilities, and publicly traded companies. From 1986 to 1993, he was associate special counsel/consultant for the Clearinghouse. In this capacity, he coordinated and participated in the examination of records, preparation of reports, and the reporting and collection of property from more than 12,000 different companies. Additionally, Lynden worked with more than 30 states in the drafting and adoption of unclaimed property statutes and regulations. From 1993 to 1998, during which time the Clearinghouse operated as a unit of State Street Bank, Lynden held various management positions, culminating in senior vice president and division executive. As contributing editor for more than 20 years of the five-volume legal treatise Unclaimed Property Law and Reporting Forms (published by Lexis/Matthew Bender), Lynden has reviewed and annotated every state unclaimed property law.