Geoffrey Bestor is the Chief Legal Officer of ClearTrust Claims. He has been a lawyer for 40 years, in both government and in private practice. He served for 10 years in the United States Department of Justice as a federal prosecutor and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General. He served from 2007 to 2009 as Staff Director of the Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs. Since his time as a Congressional staffer, Mr. Bestor has, among other things, represented veterans in making claims to asbestos trusts.

Mr. Bestor learned from his veteran clients and his Hill experience that, since asbestos was everywhere on military bases, installations, vehicles, and, in the Navy, on ships and boats, veterans were disproportionately exposed to asbestos and disproportionately likely to qualify for asbestos trust payments as a result. At the same time, veterans (and civilians, for that matter) for the most part were unaware of the availability of asbestos trust compensation. In addition, lawyers generally charged the same fees (typically 33-40 percent) to file claims as for filing lawsuits in court even though asbestos trust claims do not involve the expensive components of court litigation (e.g., depositions) or the risk of trial. ClearTrust Claims was created to help veterans and others obtain the asbestos trust compensation they deserve at a minimum cost for legal representation.