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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								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 425,158us-gaap_Revenues	$ 451,178us-gaap_Revenues	$ 454,324us-gaap_Revenues	$ 425,552us-gaap_Revenues	$ 415,998us-gaap_Revenues	$ 414,643us-gaap_Revenues	$ 414,613us-gaap_Revenues	$ 407,178us-gaap_Revenues	$ 1,756,212us-gaap_Revenues	$ 1,652,432us-gaap_Revenues	$ 1,576,871us-gaap_Revenues
Adjusted Segment EBITDA									291,375fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda	313,260fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda	316,165fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda
Corporate Finance / Restructuring
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									391,115us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_CorporateFinanceRestructuringMember	382,526us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_CorporateFinanceRestructuringMember	394,719us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_CorporateFinanceRestructuringMember
Adjusted Segment EBITDA									55,492fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_CorporateFinanceRestructuringMember	67,183fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_CorporateFinanceRestructuringMember	95,916fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_CorporateFinanceRestructuringMember
Forensic and Litigation Consulting
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									483,380us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_ForensicAndLitigationConsultingMember	433,632us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_ForensicAndLitigationConsultingMember	407,586us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_ForensicAndLitigationConsultingMember
Adjusted Segment EBITDA									90,468fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_ForensicAndLitigationConsultingMember	74,481fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_ForensicAndLitigationConsultingMember	60,566fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_ForensicAndLitigationConsultingMember
Economic Consulting
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									451,040us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_EconomicConsultingMember	447,366us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_EconomicConsultingMember	391,622us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_EconomicConsultingMember
Adjusted Segment EBITDA									59,282fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_EconomicConsultingMember	92,204fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_EconomicConsultingMember	77,461fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_EconomicConsultingMember
Technology
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									241,310us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_TechnologyMember	202,663us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_TechnologyMember	195,194us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_TechnologyMember
Adjusted Segment EBITDA									63,545fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_TechnologyMember	60,655fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_TechnologyMember	57,203fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_TechnologyMember
Strategic Communications
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									189,367us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_StrategicCommunicationsMember	186,245us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_StrategicCommunicationsMember	187,750us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_StrategicCommunicationsMember
Adjusted Segment EBITDA									$ 22,588fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_StrategicCommunicationsMember	$ 18,737fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_StrategicCommunicationsMember	$ 25,019fcn_AdjustedSegmentEbitda / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fcn_StrategicCommunicationsMember

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