Brian J. Lester

BRIAN J. LESTER

Republican

BACKGROUND:

• Lester, 51, of East Hampton, is running on the Republican and Conservative party lines in the general election.
• He is an attorney at Tarbet & Lester PLCC, a law firm he started with his partner Jonathan Tarbet in 2013.
• Lester spent 10 years from 1997 to 2007, at Caleca & Towner PC in East Hampton.
• In December 1993, he graduated with a bachelor's in criminal justice from West Chester (Pa.) University. He attended the Suffolk County Police Academy, graduating in May 1994.
• He earned his law degree from Hofstra University in 1997 while working part-time as a police officer with the East Hampton Village Police Department.
• He was admitted to New York State Bar Association in 1998.