Raphael Lapin is a negotiation specialist and author currently residing in California. He is the founder of Lapin Negotiation Strategies and serves as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and governments internationally. He is a negotiation expert and was a syndicated columnist for American City Business Journals and a regular contributor to Research Magazine. He was also an adjunct professor at

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and faculty at

Southwestern Law School Southwestern Law School is a private law school in Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and enrolls nearly 1,000 students. Its campus includes the Bullocks Wilshire building, an art deco National Register ...

Career

Lapin began his practice in family law mediation after moving to San Jose, California in 1992 after his father died. He took over as the rabbi of Congregation Am Echad, the synagogue where his father was rabbi. He received his training in negotiation and mediation from Harvard Law School's program on negotiation. He trained under Professor Roger Fisher, director of the program. Lapin is also the founder of Lapin Negotiation Strategies, an international corporate negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution consultancy that began in 1995. His company's services have been retained by many companies including

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, Nothrup Grumman, Yahoo, and Turner Construction. He was also contracted by the Qatar government in 2009 to teach business leaders and ministry officials in modern negotiating techniques.

Family

Rabbi

Daniel Lapin Daniel Lapin (born January 1, 1947) is an American Orthodox rabbi, author, and public speaker. xaminer om/article/rabbi-lapin-reveals-prosperity-secrets (URL blocked by Wikipedia) He was previously the founding rabbi of the Pacific Jewish Center ...

and Rabbi

David Lapin David Lapin (born October 30, 1949) is a South African born rabbi, since 2019 rabbi of KBA, Raanana, Israel, and an international leadership and strategy consultant. Early life and education Lapin is the son of Rabbi A H Lapin, a Rabbinic leade ...

are the older brothers of Raphael Lapin, their sister is

Rebbetzin Rebbetzin ( yi, רביצין) or Rabbanit ( he, רַבָּנִית) is the title used for the wife of a rabbi—typically among Orthodox, Haredi, and Hasidic Jews—or for a female Torah scholar or teacher. Etymology The Yiddish word has ...

Judith Chillbr>
Their father was the notable South African Rabbi

Avraham Hyam Lapin Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...

(1912–1991

who was a nephew of Rabbi

Elyah Lopian Eliyahu Lopian (1876 – 21 September 1970), known as Reb Elyah, was a leading rabbi of the Mussar Movement. As a disciple of the Kelm Talmud Torah method, he was known for his strictness with respect to order and self-control. Biography Elya L ...

(1876–1970).

Published works

Books

* 2009, Working With Difficult People, DK Publishing

Articles

* 2010
Advisor of Confidant
AdvisorOne * 2008

San Jose Bizjournal * 2007
Three Steps Help Prepare For Negotiation
San Jose Bizjournal

References

External links

Raphael Lapin Articles on Advisorone (Research Magazine)

History of the Shul - Am Echad (Contains information on the life of Raphael Lapin)
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