GSBLSU Favorite Class: Negotiate to Win for Bankers
About the Professor: Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas is a Washington, D.C. attorney, speaker, trainer, and author. Throughout his 35 years of practicing law, Jim has specialized in negotiation, garnering himself a reputation as one of the nation’s best. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions, arms control, labor relations, domestic and international business transactions, trade and diplomacy, and more. His impressive client list includes the majority of the Fortune 500.
The name of the course and the content is directly from Jim’s book and Workshop series by the same name: Negotiate to Win. First published in 2005, the book is a HarperCollins international bestseller, available in 18 languages around the globe. He can often be found as a guest commentator on a number of radio and network news programs and is often invited to speak at events worldwide. He is a partner in a Washington, D.C. law firm, a principal in a California venture capital firm, and a member of the faculty at The Georgetown University Law Center, the University of Washington’s Pacific Coast Banking School, and GSBLSU.