Theodore M Hester

Ted Hester is a senior partner in King & Spalding's Government Advocacy & Public Policy Practice Group. For the past two decades, Mr. Hester has represented clients before Congress and executive agencies. He has developed particular expertise representing clients being investigated by congressional committees and the Government Accountability Office. In 2000, during a period of short supply in our nation's flu vaccine, the Government Accountability Office and the Secretary of Health and Human Services investigated the distribution of flu vaccine. Mr. Hester represented Henry Schein, Inc., a medical supply distributor and the nation's leading supplier of flu vaccine to health care providers. He continues to provide the company with advice and counsel regarding governmental programs. Mr. Hester is a past president of the Younger Lawyers Section of the State Bar of Georgia and served for several years as the Out of State Member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia. Mr. Hester moved from Atlanta to Washington in 1983 and served as Partner-in-Charge of King & Spalding's Washington office through 1992. He served as a member of the firm's Policy Committee from 1986 to 1991. From 1971-1972, Mr. Hester was a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator David H. Gambrell. Mr. Hester is a graduate of Harvard Law School (J.D. 1969) and the University of Georgia (A.B. 1966). Mr. Hester is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Ethics Resource Center and the Appleseed Foundation. He is a member of the William & Mary Washington Council. He also serves as a member of the Emeritus Board Steering Committee of the Children's National Medical Center.