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Ira Brad Matetsky

Ira Brad Matetsky
Ira Matetsky in 2023
Matetsky in 2023
Born1962 (age 62–63)
New York City, U.S.
EducationPrinceton University (AB)
Fordham University (JD)
OccupationLawyer

Ira Brad Matetsky (born 1962)[1] is an American lawyer. He has been a partner in the New York City office of Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP,[2] a New York City business litigation firm, since 2023, and was a partner in a predecessor firm from 2004 to 2023. He is the editor-in-chief of The Journal of In-Chambers Practice,[3][4] an editor of the Green Bag Almanac & Reader[5][6] and the Baker Street Almanac.[7] He has been a guest blogger for the legal blog The Volokh Conspiracy.[8]

He graduated from Princeton University and obtained a law degree from Fordham University School of Law, where he wrote for the Fordham Law Review.[9][10] He passed the bar in 1987,[9] and has been practicing law since then, having begun his career as a litigation attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Following that, he was the co-general counsel at Goya Foods, Inc.[3]

In 2005, Matetsky began editing Wikipedia as Newyorkbrad, correcting a factual error in the article about William Rehnquist.[11] He was a member of the English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee from 2008 to 2014, and was re-elected in 2017.[11] As of May 2018 he was the Committee's longest-serving member.[12] He was on the Committee until December 2018, then again from January 2020 to December 2021.[13] He was one of the arbitrators in the 2009 case dealing with problems arising from Church of Scientology editing on Wikipedia.[14] He described himself as somewhat lenient, commenting afterwards: "It is considered ironic; I'm the gung-ho litigation attorney but often on the side of second chances and leniency."[14][15]

Commenting on the Jar'Edo Wens hoax, Wikipedia's longest-lasting hoax article at the time—ultimately deleted by Matetsky in his capacity of an administrator—he shared his views on the reliability of Wikipedia, saying: "The question is not whether Wikipedia is more or less reliable than a day at the New York Public Library. ... The question is whether Wikipedia is more or less reliable than whatever other results top Google search."[16]

Since 2007, Matetsky has been the "werowance" (or president) of the Wolfe Pack,[17] an organization of fans of Rex Stout's most famous fictional detective, Nero Wolfe.[18][19] In 2015, he edited The Last Drive and Other Stories, a collection of Stout's earliest published work.[20]

  1. ^ "Ira Brad Matetsky". Martindale-Hubbell. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP". Dorf Nelson & Zauderer. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Ira Brad Matetsky". Ganfer & Shore. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Journal of In-Chambers Practice". Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Almanac Excerpts, 2015–2017". The Journal of Law. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "2012 Green Bag Almanac & Reader" (PDF). Green Bag Almanac & Reader. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  7. ^ "The Baker Street Almanac 2020". Baker Street Almanac. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  8. ^ Volokh, Eugene (May 11, 2009). "Ira Matetsky, Guest-Blogging". The Volokh Conspiracy. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Top Rated New York, NY Business Litigation Attorney | Ira Matetsky". Super Lawyers (Business directory). Internet Brands. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  10. ^ "Class Notes: January 2019". Fordham Law News (Student paper). January 8, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  11. ^ a b Karuppur, Abhiram (June 13, 2018). "Ira Matetsky '84 Helps Settle Disputes Among Wikipedia Editors". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  12. ^ Ramey, Corinne (May 7, 2018). "The 15 People Who Keep Wikipedia's Editors From Killing Each Other". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  13. ^ "Arbitration Committee/History: Current and former members". Wikipedia. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  14. ^ a b Cohen, Noam (June 8, 2009). "The Wars of Words on Wikipedia's Outskirts". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  15. ^ Armstrong, Stephen (August 21, 2018). "Inside Wikipedia's volunteer-run battle against fake news". Wired. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  16. ^ Dewey, Caitlin (April 15, 2015). "The story behind Jar'Edo Wens, the longest-running hoax in Wikipedia history". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  17. ^ "The Wolfe Pack: Ira Brad Matetsky". Tea, Tonic & Toxin (Podcast). Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  18. ^ Hewitt, Chris (June 1, 2014). "Fans of detective Nero Wolfe coming to St. Paul to see their hero on stage". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  19. ^ Doyle, Arthur Conan; Opperman, Meg (November 7, 2016). Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #21. Wildside Press LLC. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-4794-2429-0.
  20. ^ "The Last Drive and Other Stories by Rex Stout". Mysterious Press. 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

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