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Ira Brad Matetsky

Ira Brad Matetsky
Ira Matetsky in 2023
Matetsky in 2023
Born1962 (age 61–62)
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] and 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 has practiced law since 1987, beginning his legal career as a litigation attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, after which he was the co-general counsel at Goya Foods, Inc.[3]

While working at Ganfer & Shore, he represented Morris Talansky, filing a suit against the Israeli satellite company ImageSat International on their behalf in 2007.[9] The suit was dismissed the following year.[10]

In 2005, Matetsky began editing Wikipedia under the username Newyorkbrad, correcting a factual error on William Rehnquist's Wikipedia page.[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 in this role until December 2018, then again from January 2020 to December 2021.[citation needed]

As of 2016, Matetsky was the "werowance" (or president) of the Wolfe Pack, an organization of fans of Rex Stout's most famous fictional detective, Nero Wolfe.[13][14] In 2015, he edited The Last Drive and Other Stories, a collection of Stout's earliest published work.[15]

References

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  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. ^ Pomerantz, David (July 13, 2007). "Spy Satellite Lands Israel in U.S. Court". New York Sun. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  10. ^ Destefano, Anthony M. (August 1, 2008). "Woodmere businessman may be off to Israel for lawsuit". McClatchy-Tribune Business News. The McClatchy Company – via ProQuest.
  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. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Doyle, Arthur Conan; Opperman, Meg (November 7, 2016). Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #21. Wildside Press LLC. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-4794-2429-0.
  15. ^ "The Last Drive and Other Stories by Rex Stout". Mysterious Press. 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
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