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Ira Brad Matetsky | |
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 Matetsky in 2023 | |
| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (AB) Fordham University (JD) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Ira Brad Matetsky (born 1962) [1] is an American lawyer and author. 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]
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He graduated from Princeton University and obtained a Juris Doctor 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 [update] 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] He was the editor of a collection of Rex Stout's earliest stories, compiled into the 2015 book titled The Last Drive: And Other Stories. [20] He is also an invested member of The Baker Street Irregulars (BSI), a Sherlockian society. [21] He was one of the editors of Upon the Turf, a 2020 book about horse racing in Great Britain as depicted in the canon of Sherlock Holmes. [22] [23] He was the editor of That Ghastly Face, a 2024 BSI printing of the manuscript of Arthur Conan Doyle's story "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" alongside various authors' scholarly commentary on aspects of the story. [a] [25]
