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Revenues And Adjusted Segment EBITDA For Reportable Segments (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2011		Jun. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 396,243		$ 400,437		$ 791,471		$ 762,253
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	83,148	[1]	77,586	[1]	158,157	[1]	148,168	[1]
Corporate Finance / Restructuring
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	112,336		101,896		225,814		209,150
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	29,210		14,075		55,974		31,677
Forensic And Litigation Consulting
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	90,107		93,368		177,138		176,281
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	17,628		17,932		29,705		33,924
Economic Consulting
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	99,455		94,480		199,507		168,739
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	18,491		18,823		36,915		31,985
Technology
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	47,697		57,130		97,357		108,165
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	12,849		20,313		26,064		38,743
Strategic Communications
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	46,648		53,563		91,655		99,918
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$ 4,970		$ 6,443		$ 9,499		$ 11,839
[1] Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA is the total of Adjusted Segment EBITDA for all segments.

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Amount of total revenue for the reportable segments, including revenue from external customers, transactions with other operating segments of the same entity, and (gross) interest revenue. All considered to be "operating revenue" for purposes of the taxonomy.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 280

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 22

-Subparagraph (a),(b),(c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8736-108599



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

-Paragraph 27

-Subparagraph a, b, c

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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