Daniel Z Epstein

Daniel Epstein is Special Assistant to President Donald J. Trump and Senior Associate Counsel to the President. Before joining the White House in January 2017, Mr. Epstein was counsel to both the Presidential Transition Team and the Trump for President Campaign. In 2011, Mr. Epstein founded Cause of Action Institute, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm, and served as its Executive Director and President of the Board until 2016. At Cause of Action, he represented pro bono clients in government investigations and litigated regulatory, constitutional, political, and public law matters. Earlier in his career, Mr. Epstein also served as Counsel for the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Mr. Epstein earned his J.D. from Emory University School of Law, his B.A., cum laude, from Kenyon College, and he is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at George Washington University.