Jim Thomas:
CLASS OF 1967
Los Altos High SchoolClass of 1967
Los altos, CA
Palisades High SchoolClass of 1967
Pacific palisades, CA
Paul Revere Junior High SchoolClass of 1963
Los angeles, CA
Marquez Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Pacific palisades, CA
Clark Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
Webster groves, MO
Jim's Story
Life
Jim Thomas is a Washington, D.C. lawyer and Director Emeritus of Common Ground.
For the past 25 years, Mr. Thomas' law practice has focused exclusively on negotiating. His negotiating experience encompasses domestic and international business transactions, arms control, the environment, trade and diplomacy, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, labor relations, criminal and family issues, and a host of other fields. His clients include most of the Fortune 500, as well as non-profit groups, professional and trade associations, and federal, state, and local governmental agencies.
Among Mr. Thomas recent negotiating projects are the Cingular-ATT and First Union-Wachovia Bank mergers, and the Sears-Lands End acquisition. He was a member of the United States negotiating team in the successful Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) negotiations with the former Soviet Union. He also serves on the United States WTO (formerly GATT) negotiating team.
In 1977 Mr. Thomas began a series of pre-negotiation briefings for clien...Expand for more
ts that had the fortuitous side effect of dramatically improving attendees negotiating skills. This material was made available to the general public as a workshop in 1982. Since then, Mr. Thomas seminars have become some of the leading negotiation training programs in the world. They are recipients of a number of ASTD and NAPM awards for excellence.
Mr. Thomas is the author of Common Ground, It's Negotiable, and scores of articles about negotiating. His latest book, Negotiate to Win, is a HarperCollins business bestseller. He is a frequent guest on television and radio, a regular commentator on Fox News and MCNBC, and a popular speaker and trainer for corporate, government, trade, and professional groups. He is an Adjunct Professor at The Georgetown University Law Center and a member of the faculty of the University of WashingtonÂs Pacific Coast Banking School.
Mr. Thomas resides in Middleburg, Virginia. He is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles and The Georgetown University Law Center.
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