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Revenues and Adjusted Segment Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Reportable Segments (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 407,178		$ 395,228
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	75,360	[1]	75,009	[1]
Corporate Finance / Restructuring
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	99,080		96,874
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	19,085		24,171
Forensic and Litigation Consulting
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	100,724		103,635
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	12,811		14,670
Economic Consulting
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	115,194		100,052
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	26,194		18,424
Technology
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	46,704		49,660
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	13,716		13,215
Strategic Communications
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	45,476		45,007
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$ 3,554		$ 4,529
[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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.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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