Raphael Lapin

{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Raphael Lapin | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Lapin-IMG 9739-sml.jpg | image_size = 180px | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date =  | birth_place = | disappeared_date =  | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = Masters Degree, Talmudic Law<ref name="Reference5">{{cite news | last =Rusoff | first =Jane Wollman | title =The Art Of Communicating With Clients: Raphael Lapin Offers Advice On Negotiating To Achieve Positive Results And avoid Conflict | newspaper =Research Magazine | date =1 January 2010 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-216918896.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160325110950/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-216918896.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 25 March 2016 | access-date =7 February 2013 }}</ref><br>Specialty Certificates, Negotiation, Mediation<br>Rabbinic Ordination | alma_mater = Gateshead Institute of Talmudic Law<ref name="Reference1">{{cite news | title =Rabbi Turns Mediating Skills Into Keeping Peace In Family | newspaper =San Jose Biz Journal| date = 11 August 1996| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/1996/08/12/smallb3.html?full=true | access-date =7 February 2013 }}</ref><br>Harvard Law School<ref name="Reference5"/> | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = Negotiation Expert, Professor of Law | notable_works = * Book - Working With Difficult People<ref name="Reference2">{{cite news | last =Rusoff | first =Jane Wollman | title =Six Conversations You Need To Have; Experts Consider The Crucial Subjects For Advisor-Client Discussions | newspaper =Research Magazine | date = 1 June 2012| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-294299400.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160415180010/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-294299400.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 15 April 2016 | access-date =7 February 2013 }}</ref> | style = | height =  | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge =  | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | website =  | footnotes = }}

'''Raphael Lapin''' is a negotiation specialist and author currently residing in California.<ref name="Reference1"/> He is the founder of Lapin Negotiation Strategies and serves as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and governments internationally.<ref name="Reference2"/> He is a negotiation expert and was a syndicated columnist for American City Business Journals and a regular contributor to Research Magazine.<ref name="Reference3">{{cite news | last =Weinreich | first =Gil | title =Back To School | newspaper =Research Magazine | date = 1 September 2010 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-237928589.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160414090716/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-237928589.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 14 April 2016 | access-date =7 February 2013 }}</ref> He was also an adjunct professor at Whittier Law School<ref>{{cite web | title =Raphael Lapin – Adjunct Professor | publisher =Whittier Law School | url =http://www.law.whittier.edu/index/meet-the-faculty/profile/raphael-lapin| access-date =7 February 2013 }}</ref> and faculty at Southwestern Law School.<ref>{{cite web | title =Faculty – Raphael Lapin| publisher =Southwestern Law School| url =http://www.swlaw.edu/academics/courseinfo/intersessions/winterintersession/faculty| access-date =7 February 2013 }}</ref>

==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.<ref name="Reference1"/> 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.<ref name="Reference5"/>

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 British Telecom, 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.<ref name="Reference4">{{cite news | last =Pine | first =Dan | title =Qatar A Shining Star, Says San Jose Orthodox Rabbi | newspaper =J Weekly| date =6 August 2009 | url = http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/39486/qatar-a-shining-star-says-san-jose-orthodox-rabbi/ | access-date =7 February 2013 }}</ref>

==Family==

Rabbi Daniel Lapin and Rabbi David Lapin are the older brothers of Raphael Lapin, their sister is Rebbetzin Judith Chill [http://www.geni.com/people/Judith-Chill/348994016040011495]. Their father was the notable South African Rabbi Avraham Hyam Lapin (1912–1991) [http://www.geni.com/people/Avraham-Hyam-Lapin/1925740] who was a nephew of Rabbi Elyah Lopian (1876–1970).

Raphael Lapin has 9 kids: Aryeh Lapin, Devorah Lapin, Moshe Dov Lapin, Zevi Lapin, Tova Lapin, Esther Lapin, Avigail Lapin, Mickey Lapin, and Eli Lapin, respectively.

==Published works==

===Books=== * 2009, Working With Difficult People, DK Publishing<ref>{{cite book | last =Lapin | first =Raphael | title =Working With Difficult People | publisher =DK Publishing | series =Essential Managers Series | year =2009 | isbn =978-0756652531 }}</ref>

===Articles=== * 2010, [http://www.advisorone.com/2010/09/01/advisor-or-confidant Advisor of Confidant], AdvisorOne * 2008, [http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/02/11/editorial3.html?page=all Cuban Missile Crisis Standoff Has Business Lessons], San Jose Bizjournal * 2007, [http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2007/08/27/smallb2.html?page=all Three Steps Help Prepare For Negotiation], San Jose Bizjournal

==See also== * Negotiation

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==External links== * [http://www.advisorone.com/author/raphael-lapin Raphael Lapin Articles on Advisorone (Research Magazine)] * [http://www.amechad.org/history.php History of the Shul - Am Echad (Contains information on the life of Raphael Lapin)]

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