FTI CONSULTING, INC.2006 GLOBAL LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.2

[    ]    Optionee’s Copy 

[    ]    Company’s Copy

FTI CONSULTING, INC. 2006 GLOBAL LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT

To                      (“Optionee”):

FTI Consulting, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you an award (the “Award”) of an option (the “Option”) under the FTI Consulting, Inc. 2006 Global Long-Term Incentive Plan, as adopted effective June 6, 2006, as further amended from time to time (the “Plan”), to purchase                          shares of the common stock, $0.01 par value (“Common Stock”) of the Company (the “Shares”), at              per share (the “Exercise Price”). The effective “Grant Date” will be                                 , 2      , subject to your signing and promptly returning a copy of this Agreement (as defined below) to the Company.

This Stock Option Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) evidences the grant of the Option. This Agreement and the Award of the Option for the Shares are made in consideration of your employment with the Company or your Employer (as hereafter defined) and in fulfillment of applicable terms of your written Employment Agreement dated                         , 2       (“Employment Agreement”), between you and the Company or an Affiliate of the Company (the “Employer”). The Award is subject in all respects to and incorporates by reference the terms and conditions of the Plan.

A copy of the Plan and the Prospectus for the Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Prospectus”), is attached. By executing this Agreement, you acknowledge that you have received a copy of the Plan and the Prospectus for the Plan. You may request additional copies of the Plan or Prospectus by contacting the Secretary of the Company at FTI Consulting, Inc., 500 East Pratt Street, Suite 1400 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (Phone: (410)  ###-###-####). You also may request from the Secretary of the Company copies of the other documents that make up a part of the Prospectus (described more fully at the end of the Prospectus), as well as all reports, proxy statements and other communications distributed to the Company’s security holders generally.

The Option is intended to be and will be treated as a nonstatutory stock option.

Except as provided otherwise in this Agreement, provided that (i) your “Service” (as hereafter defined) with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company continues through the applicable date upon which vesting is scheduled to occur, and (ii) that you meet the applicable “Stock Ownership Requirement” (as hereafter defined) on such vesting date,             % of the Option Shares shall vest on each anniversary of the Grant Date and be exercisable upon such date, such that 100% of the Option Shares shall be vested on the              anniversary of the Grant Date and be exercisable thereafter. Subject to the next two paragraphs, the applicable Stock Ownership Requirement must be met on the applicable vesting date; otherwise, the applicable portion of Option Shares scheduled to vest on such vesting date shall be immediately forfeited for no consideration on such date.

If you are unable to meet the applicable Stock Ownership Requirement on the applicable vesting date because you are unable to acquire or purchase shares of Common Stock on such date (or on any of the ten business days preceding such vesting date) due to applicable securities law or Company policy, you shall have thirty days from the first subsequent date (or, if later, the applicable vesting date) on which you are able to acquire or purchase shares of Common Stock to meet the applicable Stock Ownership Requirement. If you meet the applicable Stock Ownership Requirement during such thirty-day period, the applicable portion of Option Shares shall vest on the date such Stock Ownership Requirement is met. If you do not meet the applicable Stock Ownership Requirement during such thirty-day period, the applicable portion of Option Shares shall be forfeited for no consideration at the end of such thirty-day period.

The Stock Ownership Requirement vesting condition provided under item (ii) of the first sentence of the first paragraph above shall cease upon the earlier of (i) your employment with the Company or your Employer terminating, or (ii) you completing six years of consecutive Service.

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In the event that you die while in Retirement status and prior to the Compliance End Date, the Option Shares that are not then vested and exercisable shall vest 100% and be exercisable in full upon your death. Vested Option Shares shall be exercisable until the earlier of (i) the expiration date set forth in Section 1(b) of this Agreement and (ii) the date that is 12 months following the date of due to death, and any unexercised Option Shares shall be forfeited for no consideration thereafter.

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For all purposes of this Agreement and the Plan, the date of exercise will be the date on which you have delivered the notice and any required payment (or, in the case of a broker-assisted cashless exercise, irrevocable broker instructions acceptable to the Committee) to the Company.

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GLOSSARY

(A) “Cause” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term or words of similar import in your Employment Agreement.

(B) “Change in Control” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under the Plan, provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall also include the sale or other disposition of the applicable practice segment of the Company indicated below, or a division of such practice segment in which Employee is then employed, by the Company to an unrelated entity.

( ) Corporate Finance/Restructuring Practice

( ) Forensic/Litigation Consulting Practice

( ) Economic Consulting Practice

( ) Technology Practice

(C) “Compliance End Date” means the later of (i) the end date of the applicable vesting period or (ii) the end date of the applicable exercise period.

(D) “Disability” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term or words of similar import in your Employment Agreement.

(E) “Good Reason” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under the Employment Agreement.

(F) “Release” refers to a valid waiver and general release of claims against the Company, in a form and manner as set forth to an exhibit to the Employment Agreement, with such revisions reasonably determined by the Company to be necessary at the applicable time.

(G) “Restricted Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under the Employment Agreement.

(H) “Retirement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under the Employment Agreement.

(I) “Service” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under the Employment Agreement, provided, however, pursuant to Company-approved alternative written arrangements or agreements, you may continue to accrue Service, by (x) providing a reduced level of services, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Company; and/or (y) complying with the non-competition and non-solicitation provisions of the Employment Agreement (or other written agreement executed by you and the Company) for an extended period.

(J) “Stock Ownership Requirement” means ownership of a number of unrestricted freely tradable shares of Common Stock at least equal to the applicable share ownership percentage for the applicable vesting date of the number of shares that were subject to stock option awards granted to you that are designated as “Stock Ownership Requirement Awards”, in each case as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends or reverse stock splits. For these purposes, “unrestricted freely tradable shares of Common Stock” shall not include (i) derivative securities, including nonvested or unexercised stock options (regardless of whether such stock options become vested or exercisable on the applicable date of determination), and other nonvested or forfeitable equity awards, of the Company, and (ii) shares of nonvested restricted stock of the Company, including shares of restricted stock whose restrictions lapse (or may lapse) on the applicable date of determination. Notwithstanding the foregoing and solely for the purposes of the Stock Ownership Requirement determination, stock units under the FTI Consulting, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Key Employees and Non-Employee Directors will count as “unrestricted freely tradable shares of Common Stock”. The below schedule sets the applicable share ownership percentage for each vesting date.

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(K) “You”; “Your”. You means the recipient of the Award Shares as reflected in the first paragraph of this Agreement. Whenever the word “you” or “your” is used in any provision of this Agreement under circumstances where the provision should logically be construed, as determined by the Committee, to apply to the estate, personal representative, or beneficiary to whom the Award Shares may be transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, the words “you” and “your” will be deemed to include such person.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have has caused this Agreement to be executed as of                     , 20    .

OPTIONEE’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND SIGNATURE

I represent that I have read the Prospectus and am familiar with the Plan’s terms. I accept, on behalf of himself/herself and on behalf of his/her beneficiaries, estate and permitted assigns, to be bound by all of the provisions set forth herein, and that the Option is subject to all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and of the Plan under which it is granted, as the Plan may be amended in accordance with their respective terms. I agree to accept as binding, conclusive, and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee concerning any questions arising under this Agreement, or the Plan with respect to the Option.

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