Lester specializes in providing attestation services to state and local governments, healthcare entities, and not-for-profit organizations. After graduating from Louisiana State University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Lester worked as an analyst for a defense contractor. Lester returned to Southeastern Louisiana University for his Bachelor of Science in Accounting, and he joined the Covington office in 2008. Lester is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Louisiana.

Lester is a member of the AICPA and a past president of the Northshore Chapter of the Louisiana Society of CPA’s. Lester is a graduate of Leadership St. Tammany (2019) and currently serves as the Treasurer for the Leadership St. Tammany Alumni Foundation. He and his wife, Devan, have three children: Lily, June, and Walt.