DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman, Davis & Lehrer, P.C.

FIRM PROFILE
The law firm of DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman, Davis, Lehrer & Flaum, P.C. is proud of its respected reputation built during the nine decades it has been providing legal services throughout New Jersey and the metropolitan area. We provide a clear advantage by offering enthusiastic, experienced and multi-faceted counsel in the handling of all our clients’ legal affairs. We have gained our strength from the diversity of our practice, our commitment to communication with clients, our technological resources, and our ability to effectively resolve complex legal matters.

Our approach to every legal challenge begins with the development of a comprehensive strategy to efficiently and effectively represent our clients. This strategy may include the creation of a team of attorneys with distinctive experience in diverse areas of the law to thoroughly address all aspects of our client’s legal requirements. Our professionals bring together significant experience in litigation, environmental, corporate, employment, real estate, construction and development law, municipal law, tax, trusts and estates, banking and lender’s rights, education law, family law, and hospital and health law. Our clients include major national and international businesses, insurance companies, banking institutions, public entities, small, closely held businesses and individuals.

About Us

DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman, Davis, Lehrer & Flaum, P.C. has been part of the legal fabric of New Jersey since 1917. The firm was started by Irving Kunzman in Plainfield, New Jersey. He was subsequently joined by his brother, Ira, than his son Edwin. The Kunzman law firm began methodical growth in the representation of individuals, real estate developers, and local public entities through the 1970s. Harry Yospin joined the firm in 1971, and the firm expanded further into litigation, including Stephen J. Bernstien, who is now a Judge in the Superior Court. The subsequent merger with John E. Coley, Jr. added a more dedicated focus in the representation of local public entities. The firm expanded with the later addition of Donald T. DiFrancesco as he entered the Presidency of the New Jersey Senate and later become Governor and with the addition of Christpher “Kip” Bateman when he became a member of the New Jersey Assembly and later a member of the New Jersey Senate.  As the firm moves towards its centennial, it continues as essential part of the legal community of New Jersey.  Members of the firm include attorneys who are  A-V Rated by Martindale & Hubbell,  attorneys that have been certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as civil, criminal and matrimonial trial attorneys and are leading members of the New Jersey trial bar,  leading attorneys handling real estate and business transactions,  key attorneys in technology and privacy law and a former Presiding Judge  of the Superior Court of New Jersey. DiFrancesco, Bateman has deep roots in New Jersey and has branches that reach all aspects of New Jersey’s legal system.