Raphael Lapin is a negotiation specialist and author currently residing in California.

[2] He is the founder of Lapin Negotiation Strategies and serves as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and governments internationally.

[3] He is a negotiation expert and was a syndicated columnist for American City Business Journals and a regular contributor to Research Magazine.

[6] Lapin began his practice in family law mediation after moving to San Jose, California in 1992 after his father died.

He was also contracted by the Qatar government in 2009 to teach business leaders and ministry officials in modern negotiating techniques.