Exhibit 99.8

                              FTI CONSULTING, INC.
                              CATEGORICAL STANDARDS
                            FOR DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

         A director who meets all of the following categorical standards shall
be presumed to be "independent":

     A.  During the past five years, the Company has not employed the director,
         and has not employed (except in a non-officer capacity) any of his or
         her immediate family members.

     B.  During the past five years, the director has not been employed by (or
         affiliated with) the Company's present or former auditors, and none of
         his or her immediate family members has been so employed or affiliated
         (except in a non-officer capacity not involving the Company's
         business).

     C.  During the past five years, neither the director, nor any of his or her
         immediate family members, has been part of an "interlocking
         directorate" in which an executive officer of the Company serves on the
         compensation (or equivalent) committee of another company that employs
         the director.

     D.  The director does not (directly or indirectly as a partner, stockholder
         or officer of another company) provide consulting, legal or financial
         advisory services to the Company or the Company's present or former
         auditors.

     E.  The director is not employed by (or affiliated with) a significant
         supplier or client of the Company. For the purposes of this categorical
         standard, a supplier or client shall be considered significant if its
         sales to, or the services it receives from, the Company represent more
         than (1) 5% of the sales of the supplier or (2) 5% of the Company's
         revenues.

     F.  During the past five years, the director has not had a personal
         services contract with the Company, its chairman, chief executive
         officer or other executive officer, or any affiliate of the Company.

     G.  The director is not an employee, officer or director of a foundation,
         university or other non-profit organization to which the Company gives
         directly, or indirectly through the provision of services, more than
         $200,000 per annum or 5% of the total annual donations received
         (whichever is less).

     H.  The director does not, either directly or indirectly as a partner,
         stockholder or officer of another company, own more than 5% of the
         Company's common stock.