Ownership Submission
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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  DINAPOLI DOMINIC
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/18/2004		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FTI CONSULTING INC [FCN]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
900 BESTGATE ROAD, SUITE 100		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP & Chief Operating Officer
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
02/23/2004
(Street)

ANNAPOLIS, MD 214013066		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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)
Common Stock 59,622
D
 

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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 of Derivative Security: 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
Call Option (obligation to sell) (1) 09/06/2006 09/06/2006 Common Stock 27,638 $ 43.64 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 08/30/2003(2) 08/30/2012 Common Stock 67,500 $ 24.28 D  
Put Option (right to sll) (1) 09/06/2006 09/06/2006 Common Stock 27,638 $ 27.68 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
DINAPOLI DOMINIC
900 BESTGATE ROAD
SUITE 100
ANNAPOLIS, MD 214013066		       EVP & Chief Operating Officer  

Signatures

By: Theodore I. Pincus, Attorney-in-Fact 01/10/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The reporting person acquired the shares of Common Stock subject to the zero-cost collar in connection with FTI's acquisition of the Business Recovery Services business of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP in August 2002. In connection with that acquisition, certain former partners of PwC, including the reporting person, received shares of our Common Stock that were subject to contractual restrictions on transfer and sale. On April 25, 2003, the reporting person entered into a zero-cost collar arrangement with a securities broker pursuant to which he wrote a covered call option and purchased a put option with respect to 27,638 of the restricted shares of Common Stock that he received in connection with that transaction. Only one of the options can be in the money on the expiration date, at which time the in-the-money option will be exercised (and settled in stock or cash), and the other option will expire. If neither option is in the money on the expiration date, both options will expire.
(2) Option vests in three equal annual installments beginning one year after the grant date.

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