Over his nearly 20-career, Jim has counseled hundreds of public companies with high-stakes crises, contested annual elections, management turnover, and M&A, including: Emerson Electric, Exact Sciences, Honeywell, Red Hat, State Street, Syneos Health, Valspar, and dozens of bank mergers and crises. Jim regularly advises companies on short attacks and shareholder activism threats; he spent two years defending the short attack against Herbalife. A former partner at Joele Frank and member of the firm since 2005, Jim is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI). He was named to PR Week’s 40 Under 40 list in 2019.