Town Justice, Town of East Hampton: Brian J. Lester
Brian Lester, Republican candidate for East Hampton Town Justice, poses for a portrait at his law office on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. -- slVOTE -- Credit: James Escher
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.
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