B.A. University of Chicago 1973; J.D. University of Illinois 1976. Law Clerk to Hon. Prentice H. Marshall, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1976-78. Ester practices in immigration law. She is past President of the Washington Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and has taught immigration law and a VAWA immigration clinic as an adjunct professor at the Seattle University School of Law.  She has written several articles on labor certifications, ethics, and business immigration in immigration law publications.  She has lectured locally, regionally, and nationally at immigration law seminars. Ester has served on the Seattle Human Rights Commission and has worked with organizations protecting the rights of aliens. She has been listed in "The Best Lawyers in America" in the field of immigration law for more than ten years. She is a Washington Super Lawyer for 2005.   She has been active on local, regional, and national Department of Labor liaison committees of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.  She was co-editor of AILA's Department of Labor Directory for Immigration Lawyers, 2002 and 2003 editions.  She currently serves on AILA’s PERM Implementation Committee.  For many years, she held the responsibility of Senior Editor of the AILA Annual Handbook.  She is Co-Editor in Chief of the Third Edition of AILA’s David Stanton Manual on Labor Certification. (2005), the leading reference of the new PERM labor certification system.    Ester is a member of IMMLAW, a national consortium of noted immigration lawyers.  She appears in the International Who's Who of Business Immigration Lawyers, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who of American Women.