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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	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 1,576,871		$ 1,566,768		$ 1,401,461
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	321,392	[1]	337,658	[1]	327,364	[1]
Corporate Finance / Restructuring
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	394,719		364,409		396,216
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	101,137		84,933		108,152
Forensic and Litigation Consulting
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	407,586		428,730		379,780
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	60,572		81,885		76,402
Economic Consulting
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	391,622		353,981		255,660
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	77,461		67,028		49,481
Technology
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	195,194		218,738		176,607
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	57,203		77,011		64,358
Strategic Communications
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	187,750		200,910		193,198
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$ 25,019		$ 26,801		$ 28,971
[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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.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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