SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
CROWNOVER JAMES W

(Last) (First) (Middle)
TWO HOUSTON CENTER
SUITE 3675

(Street)
HOUSTON TX 77010

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/25/2006
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FTI CONSULTING INC [ FCN ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
No securities are beneficially owned.
By: Theodore I. Pincus, Attorney-in-Fact For: James W. Crownover 10/25/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, James W. Crownover,
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of THEODORE I. PINCUS and Joanne
F. Catanese, each acting individually, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned to:
      (1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file any and all
Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto), and any documents
necessary to facilitate the filing of Section 16 reports with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and FTI
Consulting, Inc. (the "Company"), as considered necessary or advisable under
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange
Act");
      (2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such re-
lease of information; and
      (3)	do and perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of
such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the under-
signed in connection with the foregoing, it being understood, that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this
Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and condi-
tions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.
      The undersigned acknowledges that:
      (1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each
such attorney-in-fact to act in his discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information, and no-
thing in this Power of Attorney relieves the undersigned from responsibility for
compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including
without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange
Act; and
      (2)	neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes
(i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the re-
quirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability
of the under-signed for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act.
      The undersigned hereby gives and grants each attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing mat-
ters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney.
      The undersigned also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and
each attorney-in-fact against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or
actions in these respects) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue state-
ment or omission of necessary facts in the information provided by the under-
signed to the attorney-in-fact for purposes of preparing, executing, acknow-
ledging, delivering and filing Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments
thereto) and any documents necessary to facili-tate the filings of Section 16
reports, and agrees to reimburse the Company and the attorneys-in-fact herein
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in con-nection with investi-
gating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
      The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be affected in any manner
by reason of the execution, at any time, of other powers of attorney by the
undersigned in favor of persons other than those named herein.
      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 31st day of Augusat, 2006.

					/s/
					James W. Crownover



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      On this 31st day of August, 2006, James W. Crownover personally appeared
before me, and acknowledged that s/he executed the foregoing instrument for the
purposes therein contained.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/Carol Benton

Notary Public For Harris County, Texas

My Commission Expires:  March 28, 2007