Bennet D. Zurofsky is a Partner with Reitman Parsonnet, P.C. in Newark, New Jersey, where he concentrates in the representation of unions, employees and benefit funds.  He is an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers Law School.

Bennet's activism extends far beyond the court room: he is frequently on the picket line, either defending free speech rights or raising fighting spirits as the Director of the Solidarity Singers of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council. As a litigator, his notable cases include: successfully defending the constitutionality of the New Jersey Community Right to Know Act against a challenge brought by the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, obtaining public deportation proceedings for a post 9/11 detainee who the Department of Justice had declared should be tried in secrecy, and eliminating sexually discriminatory obstacle course testing for municipal police officers. Over the years, he has represented many international and local unions and has helped hundreds of unrepresented employees in their efforts to obtain justice from their employers.
 
As a neutral he serves as Special Master for United States District for the District of New Jersey in litigation relating to inmates' rights at the Essex County (N.J.) Jail, Jail Annex and Youth House.  He is a past Chairman of The New Jersey Supreme Court's District Ethics Committee for Essex County.  He also serves as arbitrator or neutral in non-labor matters and is on the list of mediators for the New Jersey Superior Court.

Mr. Zurofsky is presently a member of the Executive Committee of the Alternative dispute Resolution Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.  He has served as a member of the National Advisory Board of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee, the Executive Committee of the New Jersey Plaintiff Employment Lawyers Association, and the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.  He is Contributing Editor of The Developing Labor Law, has written several articles for professional publications and has lectured on many labor, employment and attorney ethics topics.

Among other professional honors, Mr. Zurofsky is listed in Woodard/White's The Best Lawyers in America and in Top Lawyers, New Jersey Attorneys Name Their Favorite Lawyers in New Jersey Monthly since March 1999. The New Jersey Plaintiff Employment Lawyers' Association named him Employees' Best Friend in 1996.

Mr. Zurofsky received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and his law degree from Rutgers University Law School-Newark, where he was the recipient of the Alumni Scholar prize.  He served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Harold A. Ackerman of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.