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]
Ira Brad Matetsky | |
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 Matetsky in 2023 | |
| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (AB) Fordham University (JD) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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[update] 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[update], 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
edit- ^ "Ira Brad Matetsky". Martindale-Hubbell. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP". Dorf Nelson & Zauderer. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ a b "Ira Brad Matetsky". Ganfer & Shore. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ "The Journal of In-Chambers Practice". Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Almanac Excerpts, 2015–2017". The Journal of Law. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ "2012 Green Bag Almanac & Reader" (PDF). Green Bag Almanac & Reader. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "The Baker Street Almanac 2020". Baker Street Almanac. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^ Volokh, Eugene (May 11, 2009). "Ira Matetsky, Guest-Blogging". The Volokh Conspiracy. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ Pomerantz, David (July 13, 2007). "Spy Satellite Lands Israel in U.S. Court". New York Sun. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- ^ Destefano, Anthony M. (August 1, 2008). "Woodmere businessman may be off to Israel for lawsuit". McClatchy-Tribune Business News. The McClatchy Company – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b Karuppur, Abhiram (June 13, 2018). "Ira Matetsky '84 Helps Settle Disputes Among Wikipedia Editors". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Doyle, Arthur Conan; Opperman, Meg (November 7, 2016). Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #21. Wildside Press LLC. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-4794-2429-0.
- ^ "The Last Drive and Other Stories by Rex Stout". Mysterious Press. 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2018.