Experience

Lester Weingarten is a partner in Citrin Cooperman’s Tax Practice. Lester specializes in providing income tax and estate/gift tax services as well as consulting services to businesses and individuals.

Lester has advised clients on a wide range of tax issues, including compliance; estate and trust planning; transfer taxes; foreign tax issues; partnership structuring, operations, and terminations; controversy work; tax provisions; mergers and acquisitions, and due diligence. He also works with high-net-worth clients and family offices. In addition, he is also involved in several specialty areas that include investment partnerships; accounting and administration for estates and trusts; aircraft acquisition and tax reporting requirements; charitable giving, and exempt organizations.

Lester is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA), and a retired member of the New York State Bar Association.

Previously, Lester was a partner at Gettry Marcus, CPA, P.C. which joined Citrin Cooperman in 2023.