ANNAPOLIS, Md., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- FTI Consulting, Inc. (Amex: FCN),
the premier national provider of strategic and litigation-related consulting
services, today announced that Denis J. Callaghan has been elected to the
Company's Board of Directors as a Class II Director.  He fills a new position
that increases Board membership to eight Directors.
    Callaghan is the retired former Director of North American Equity Research
for Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown.  Prior to joining Alex. Brown in 1988, he was a
senior insurance analyst and first vice president with Paine Webber.
Callaghan is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, the
Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) and the Association
of Insurance and Financial Analysts, of which he is a past president.  He has
a bachelor's degree in economics from Villanova University and an M.B.A. from
Temple University.
    Commenting on Callaghan's election, Jack Dunn, FTI's chairman and chief
executive officer, said, "Over the past 21 months we have done an excellent
job of reengineering our Company and building a platform for solid,
dependable, financially rewarding growth.  The addition of Denis will help us
capitalize on these efforts.  He brings both keen analytical skills in
evaluating business opportunities and the perspective to help us effectively
communicate our actions and results to the investment community.  Denis will
be a tremendous asset to us, and we whole-heartedly welcome him to our team."

    About FTI Consulting
    FTI Consulting is a multi-disciplined consulting firm with leading
practices in the areas of financial restructuring, litigation support and
engineering/scientific investigation.  Modern corporations, as well as those
who advise and invest in them, face growing challenges on every front.  From a
proliferation of "bet-the-company" litigation to increasingly complicated
relationships with lenders and investors in an ever-changing global economy,
U.S. companies are turning more and more to outside experts and consultants to
meet these complex issues.  FTI is dedicated to helping corporations, their
advisors, lawyers, lenders and investors meet these challenges by providing a
broad array of "No. 1" practices from a single source.

    For further information regarding FTI Consulting, Inc. free of charge via
fax, dial 1-800-PRO-INFO and enter "FCN"

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