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Ira Brad Matetsky

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Ira Brad Matetsky
Ira Matetsky in 2023File:Ira Brad Matetsky at WikiConference North America 2023.jpg File:Ira Brad Matetsky at WikiConference North America 2023.jpg
Matetsky in 2023
Born1962 (age 63–64)
New York City, U.S.
🏫 EducationPrinceton 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]

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 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.[lower-alpha 1][25]

Notes

  1. ↑ part of the BSI Manuscript Series of such manuscript reproductions[24]

References

  1. ↑ "Ira Brad Matetsky". Martindale-Hubbell. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  2. ↑ "Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP". Dorf Nelson & Zauderer. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ira Brad Matetsky". Ganfer & Shore. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  4. ↑ "The Journal of In-Chambers Practice". Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  5. ↑ "Almanac Excerpts, 2015–2017". The Journal of Law. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  6. ↑ "2012 Green Bag Almanac & Reader" (PDF). Green Bag Almanac & Reader. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  7. ↑ "The Baker Street Almanac 2020". Baker Street Almanac. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  8. ↑ Volokh, Eugene (2009-05-11). "Ira Matetsky, Guest-Blogging". The Volokh Conspiracy. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Top Rated New York, NY Business Litigation Attorney | Ira Matetsky". Super Lawyers (Business directory). Internet Brands. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Class Notes: January 2019". Fordham Law News (Student paper). 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Karuppur, Abhiram (2018-06-13). "Ira Matetsky '84 Helps Settle Disputes Among Wikipedia Editors". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  12. ↑ Ramey, Corinne (2018-05-07). "The 15 People Who Keep Wikipedia's Editors From Killing Each Other". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  13. ↑ "Arbitration Committee/History: Current and former members". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Cohen, Noam (June 8, 2009). "The Wars of Words on Wikipedia's Outskirts". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2010-08-24. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  15. ↑ Armstrong, Stephen (21 August 2018). "Inside Wikipedia's volunteer-run battle against fake news". Wired. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  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. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  17. ↑ "The Wolfe Pack: Ira Brad Matetsky". Tea, Tonic & Toxin (Podcast). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  18. ↑ Hewitt, Chris (2014-06-01). "Fans of detective Nero Wolfe coming to St. Paul to see their hero on stage". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  19. ↑ Doyle, Arthur Conan; Opperman, Meg (2016-11-07). Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #21. Wildside Press LLC. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-4794-2429-0. Search this book on
  20. ↑ "The Last Drive and Other Stories by Rex Stout". Mysterious Press. 2015. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  21. ↑ Alcaro, Mary (May 22, 2019). "The BSI Weekend 2019 Report" (PDF). The Baker Street Irregulars (Internal report). Retrieved 8 February 2025. Soon it was time for Investitures. This year’s class has nine new members: ... Ira B. Matetsky—'The Final Problem'
  22. ↑ Episode 186: Upon the Turf (Podcast interview). I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. February 15, 2020.
  23. ↑ Johnson, Roger. "'I Am an Omnivorous Reader'" (PDF). The Sherlock Holmes Society of London (Book review). Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  24. ↑ Stock, Randall. "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Manuscripts: news, checklists, facsimiles & more". www.bestofsherlock.com. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  25. ↑ Steinbock, Steve (2024). "The Jury Box". Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Retrieved 8 February 2025.

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