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Coleson Among Three New Municipal Law Attorneys in Walnut Creek Office

Coleson is city attorney for the City of Pleasant Hill, town attorney for the Town of Fairfax and general counsel for the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District. She has served as city attorney for the City of El Cerrito and provided special counsel services to the cities of Fremont, Vallejo and East Palo Alto. Prior to attending law school, she was an environmental and land use planner for the cities of New York and El Segundo. She is a member of the American Planning Association and maintains certification with the American Institute of Certified Planners. She received her law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law.

Wisinski serves as the assistant city attorney for Pleasant Hill and the assistant town attorney for Fairfax. She previously served in-house as an assistant city attorney for the City of Walnut Creek, as well as a deputy city attorney for the City of Concord. She earned her law degree at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Lee joins BB&K from Olson Hagel & Fishburn in Sacramento, where he worked as litigation associate with a focus on public law. He helped represent the California State Senate, the County of Los Angeles and numerous elected and appointed local government officials in trial court and agency enforcement proceedings. Following graduation from the University of Virginia School of Law, Lee served as an assistant attorney general with the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General. While in law school, Lee served as a judicial intern with Judge Seon-Ki Park on the United Nations International Tribunal for Rwanda and worked as a summer law clerk with the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

"Janet, Katy and Ben will be great additions to our Bay Area Municipal Law practice," said Jeff Ballinger, head of BB&K’s Municipal Law practice group. "Our public agency clients in the region will benefit from their depth of experience and knowledge of issues unique to the area."

"We welcome Janet, Katy and Ben to our Walnut Creek office and are excited to work with each of them," added Gene Tanaka, the Walnut Creek office managing partner.