Forester is a lawyer in private practice in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his law degree from George Washington University. Upon graduation from college, he was commissioned in the United States Navy. He served on aircraft carrier in the West Pacific and then graduated from Underwater Swimmers School in Key West, Florida and Explosive Ordnance Disposal School in Indian Head, Maryland. He also qualified as a deep sea diver. After his release from the Navy and graduation from law school, he clerked for a federal judge in th...