Ira Brad Matetsky

Ira Brad Matetsky (born 1962) is an American lawyer. He has been a partner in the New York City office of Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP, 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, an editor of the Green Bag Almanac & Reader and the Baker Street Almanac. He has been a guest blogger for the legal blog The Volokh Conspiracy.
He graduated from Princeton University and obtained a law degree from Fordham University School of Law, where he wrote for the Fordham Law Review. He passed the bar in 1987, The suit was dismissed the following year.
In 2005, Matetsky began editing as Newyorkbrad, correcting a factual error in the article about William Rehnquist. he was the Committee's longest-serving member. He was one of the arbitrators in the 2009 case dealing with problems arising from Church of Scientology editing on . 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."
Commenting on the Jar'Edo Wens hoax, '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 , saying: "The question is not whether is more or less reliable than a day at the New York Public Library. ... The question is whether is more or less reliable than whatever other results top Google search."
, Matetsky was the "werowance" (or president) of the Wolfe Pack, an organization of fans of Rex Stout's most famous fictional detective, Nero Wolfe. In 2015, he edited The Last Drive and Other Stories, a collection of Stout's earliest published work.

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