Ira Brad Matetsky

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Ira Brad Matetsky
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Matetsky in 2023
Born1962 (age 6263)
New York City, U.S.
Education Princeton 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 one of the arbitrators in the 2009 case dealing with problems arising from Church of Scientology editing on Wikipedia. [13] 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." [13] [14]

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." [15]

Since 2007, Matetsky has been the "werowance" (or president) of the Wolfe Pack, [16] an organization of fans of Rex Stout's most famous fictional detective, Nero Wolfe. [17] [18] In 2015, he edited The Last Drive and Other Stories, a collection of Stout's earliest published work. [19]

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