Our Experienced New Jersey Legal Team

About Lawrence N. Lavigne, Esq.

For the past 42 years, Larry has been conducting trials and appeals in both state and federal courts in employment cases including public employee cases, Lemon Law actions, products liability matters, insurance litigation (including environmental matters, toxic tort and consumer fraud), commercial and corporate litigation, franchise matters, breach of warranty, and similar matters. He has also been involved in the defense of several class action suits and has handled a variety of matters before regulatory boards and he has frequently appeared before the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law.

Larry has experience drafting, reviewing, and counselling clients regarding employment agreements, separation agreements and employee manuals. Larry also counsels corporate clients in a variety of areas. He has assisted manufacturing clients in product recalls, preparing warnings, warranties, and owner’s manuals for various products. Larry has been involved in representing clients with matters in China and Hong Kong. In addition to his practice, Larry is Vice President and General Counsel of Foreign Tire Sales, Inc. located in Union, New Jersey.

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Honors and Recognitions
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About Jamison M. Mark, Esq.

I live in a great community in New Jersey, where I am actively involved in my community. My wife and I met in high school, went to college together, have been married for over 25 years, and plan to grow old together. We have three beautiful daughters who, as I accept, run my life! I have held several local positions in my town, always staying involved to help others, such as a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary club, I have spent time as a baseball, softball, basketball and soccer coach, a member of the YMCA Board and Soccer Club Board.

I live and practice law by the theory that if you do right by people, you will do well. This means I take the time to explain to my clients the details of their case, how it is progressing, and the options they may be able to explore. My integrity, high standards, morals, and honesty have made me a caring and skilled attorney who has earned respect from my colleagues as well as my adversaries.

I am here to help you. I will offer an honest and fair evaluation of your case up front and discuss whether I believe your case is worth pursuing or if there is an alternate course of action that may provide you with better closure. In trying to produce the best outcome for your situation, I treat you like I would treat my own family. To me, you are more than a client.

Education and Experience

Prior Legal Experience
Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, Delaware

About Edward J. Herban, Esq.

Ed has over 25 years of experience, and has honed his legal skills in areas such as Wage and Hour, Prevailing Wages and Employment Discrimination and Wrongful Termination.  Ed routinely handles New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Whistleblower and executive employment agreements, severance agreements and employee contracts.  Ed has obtained successful jury verdicts in these areas.

Prior to joining the firm, Ed had his own firm, where he served clients in employment law, Real Estate, Corporate and Commercial formation and Transaction and Traffic Court matters. ​

About Taylor M. Ruggieri, Esq.

Taylor’s introduction to the legal world was rather unconventional. When the rock band she was touring with totaled their van in Virginia, she decided she needed a back up plan. She went to community college to obtain her associates degree before attending Stockton College. It was at Stockton College Taylor took her first pre-law course. It was love at first sight.

After graduation, Taylor took a year off of school to work as a Nanny and housekeeper in order to help pay for law school. She then attended Widener School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware. She then transferred to Rutgers Law School in Camden, NJ to complete her Juris Doctorate.

While the law may have been new to Taylor’s world, her love of people, advocacy and justice was not. Taylor had always contributed to the world around her through volunteer work, activism, and engagement. She honed these abilities in her career as a Hudson County Prosecutor, working in sex crimes, domestic violence and child abuse. She then expanded her skills and went on to practice family law and criminal defense.
Before coming to Mark Lavigne, LLC, Taylor worked in corporate defense, defending personal injury, Consumer Fraud, bus and motor vehicle accidents and more.

When she is not working, Taylor is the President of her Lake Community. You can find her floating on the lake with friends, singing karaoke, playing co-ed softball (not well), or watching her step-son’s sports games and choir concerts.

Education and Experience

Prior Legal Experience
Associate Attorney Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford, PC (2023-2024)
Associate Attorney Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrman & Knopf (2022-2023)
Assistant Prosecutor Hudson County (2018-2022)
Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Yolanda Ciccone, PJSC (2017-2018)
New Jersey Office of the Attorney General (2016)
Human Rights Office, Cape Town, South Africa (2016)
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (2015)

About Edward C. Monaghan, Esq

Ted was born and raised in Essex County New Jersey. He attended Elon University where he graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Accounting. He then returned to New Jersey and obtained a J.D. from Rutgers Law School in 2021. He has experience litigating a variety of areas including employment law, environmental matters, toxic torts, personal injury, constitutional violations, and Title 59 claims.

Education and Experience

Prior Legal Experience
Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Newark
Associate, Hoagland Longo Moran Dunst & Doukas

About Christopher L. McEvilley, Esq

Christopher McEvilley was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y.   Chris attended State University of New York at Old Westbury, where he graduated with a double major in American History and Media Communications.  Chris then attended City University of New York School of Law concentrating his studies on Wills, Trusts and Estates.  While in Law School Chris served as the President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Students Association and Vice-President of the Black Law Students Association.  Chris also participated in Mock trial competitions and Moot Court competitions.

While in law school, as part of his Employment Law class, Chris wrote a 30 page thesis on the Collective Bargaining Agreement in the National Basketball Association (NBA), focusing on the Kevin Garnett contract which at the time was the biggest contract in the NBA.  This is what peeked Chris’ interest in Employment Law.  Chris also has a passion for Personal Injury.  He started his legal career at 15 working for a Personal Injury law firm as a file clerk.

Chris lives in Bergen county, New Jersey where he is an active member of his church and community.  Chris often goes back to his neighborhood in Brooklyn where he grew up and mentors young children.  Chris is an avid sports fan.  In his free time he spends time with his daughter, family and friends.  He also likes to play baseball and basketball.

Education and Experience

Prior Legal Experience
Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Newark
Associate, Hoagland Longo Moran Dunst & Doukas

About Steve L. Schepps, Esq.

For over 25 years Steve has exclusively represented those injured on the job and due to the negligence of another person in a motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, defective products and dog bites.  Steve is a trial lawyer, who is skilled in the courtroom, and appears before the Court on a regular basis in Superior Court, Federal District Court, Division of Workers’ Compensation, municipal courts and Federal Social Security Disability hearings.   Steve tries to find time to relax, and get outdoors, by hiking in our Nation’s National Parks, attending concerts and is a sports nut, rooting for his Philadelphia teams.

Education and Experience

About Michael D. Russo, III., Esq.

Michael D. Russo, III, is of counsel for the Mark Law Firm, and the owner of Michael D. Russo III Law Firm in Woodland Park, New Jersey. For nearly 25 years, Michael has built an excellent record, trying more than 25 jury cases to verdict. His trial experience includes wrongful death, auto accident, slip-and-fall, traffic, landlord-tenant, and workers’ compensation claims.

Michael was born in New Jersey and is a devoted Yankees, Rangers, and Giants fan. He received his bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University and his J.D. from Widener Law School, now known as the Widener University Delaware Law School.

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