Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Components of segment information

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Health and Education Consulting:
Revenues	$	109,046		$	101,490		$	294,932		$	295,248
Operating income	$	45,846		$	35,232		$	95,858		$	97,986
Segment operating income as a percent of segment revenues		42.0	%		34.7	%		32.5	%		33.2	%
Legal Consulting:
Revenues	$	46,153		$	43,501		$	133,443		$	120,790
Operating income	$	11,479		$	12,779		$	33,489		$	32,003
Segment operating income as a percent of segment revenues		24.9	%		29.4	%		25.1	%		26.5	%
Financial Consulting:
Revenues (1)	$	6,689		$	8,588		$	16,821		$	27,232
Operating income	$	1,763		$	2,824		$	1,659		$	8,562
Segment operating income as a percent of segment revenues		26.4	%		32.9	%		9.9	%		31.4	%
Total Company:
Revenues	$	161,888		$	153,579		$	445,196		$	443,270
Reimbursable expenses		13,470			13,140			41,820			38,280
Total revenues and reimbursable expenses	$	175,358		$	166,719		$	487,016		$	481,550
Statements of Earnings reconciliation:
Segment operating income	$	59,088		$	50,835		$	131,006		$	138,551
Charges not allocated at the segment level:
Other selling, general and administrative expenses		20,562			20,151			65,436			66,171
Depreciation and amortization expense		4,879			5,007			13,585			13,589
Goodwill impairment charge		13,083			21,973			13,083			21,973
Other expense, net		2,176			3,333			5,887			10,401
Income from continuing operations before income tax expense	$	18,388		$	371		$	33,015		$	26,417

(1) Financial Consulting segment revenues above include amounts related to our healthcare valuation consulting practice of $1.6 million and $1.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $3.5 million and $4.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.