Our Experienced New Jersey Legal Team

We take time to get to know you on a personal level, and we also want to share our own stories. Meet our dedicated team and learn why we’re committed to helping you.

Lawrence N. Lavigne, Esq.

Partner

Jamison M. Mark, Esq.

Partner

Edward J. Herban, Esq.

Senior Associate

Edward J. Herban, Esq.

Senior Associate

Litigation Percentage
100% of his practice is devoted to litigation

Bar Admissions
New York
New Jersey
United States District Court – New Jersey

Professional Associations and Memberships
Nation Employment Litigation Association – NJ

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.

Education and Experience

Education

Taylor M. Ruggieri, Esq.

Senior Associate

Taylor M. Ruggieri, Esq.

Senior Associate

Litigation Percentage
100% of practice devoted to litigation

Bar Admissions
New Jersey
New York
District of New Jersey

Accomplishments
NELA-NJ (National Employment Lawyers Association of NJ)
Passaic County Bar Association

Professional Associations and Memberships
National Employment Lawyers Association of NJ

About Taylor M. Ruggieri, Esq.

Taylor graduated from Rutgers Law School in Camden, NJ to complete her Juris Doctorate. She then went out to 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. Its clear that Taylor has a love for the law, advocacy and justice.

Taylor had always contributed to the world around her through volunteer work, activism, and engagement. Taylor loves music, and was in a rock band before law school. Taylor is the President of her Lake Community, where you’ll 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

Education
Rutgers School of Law, Camden

Previous Recipient of the APIL Summer Public Interest Stipend
Recipient of the QLAW Foundation

Widener University School of Law/Delaware Law School

Recipient of the Taischoff Family Endowed Scholarship

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

Edward C. Monaghan, Esq

Associate

Edward C. Monaghan, Esq

Associate

Bar Admissions
New Jersey

Accomplishments
Managing Research Editor, Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal

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. He has experience litigating a variety of areas including employment law, environmental matters, toxic torts, personal injury, constitutional violations, and Title 59 claims.