DAVID S. LESTER dlester@clmlaw.com New York University School of Law, J.D., 1980 Honors: NYU Law Review Editor   City University of New York, B.S., 1977 Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Summa Cum Laude

Mr. Lester is the Managing Partner of CLM. Mr. Lester combines expertise in the disciplines of corporate and real estate law with an in-depth knowledge of healthcare regulatory and business matters.  Mr. Lester routinely counsels individuals and legal entities in their business and real estate matters, and provides representation to individual healthcare providers, group practices and related businesses in the healthcare arena.  Mr. Lester was at the forefront in establishing several of the earliest healthcare provider networks to be formed in New York.      Mr. Lester is General Counsel to the New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, and to the Queens County Dental Society.  Mr. Lester is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Touro Law School, where he has taught Real Estate Transactions for over a decade.  He is a frequent contributor to various journals and periodicals and was privileged to author a chapter titled  “Real Estate Lease Considerations for the Health Care Professional”, in the recent joint venture treatise published by the Medical Society of the State of New York and the New York State Bar Association, named “Legal Manual for New York Physicians.”      Mr. Lester is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the New York County and Nassau County Lawyers Associations, and is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker at hospitals, medical society meetings and other facilities. Mr Lester is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Temple Beth-El of Great Neck.