On August 18, 2009, LECG Corporation (the "Company" or "LECG") held a telephone conference call and live webcast to discuss the announcement that it has entered into definitive agreements to merge a subsidiary of LECG with Smart Business Holdings, Inc., the holding company of SMART Business Advisory & Consulting, LLC (SMART), a privately held provider of business advisory services, and to receive a $25 million cash investment from SMART's majority shareholder, Great Hill Equity Partners III, LP.

A recording of the conference call is available for replay by telephone through August 25, 2009, and is also available for replay through the Company's website. A transcript of the conference call is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Important Additional Information

LECG intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proxy statement and other relevant materials in connection with the transactions. When finalized, the proxy statement will be mailed to the stockholders of LECG. Before making any voting or investment decision with respect to the transactions, investors and stockholders of LECG are urged to carefully read the proxy statement and the other relevant materials when they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed transactions. The proxy statement and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed by LECG with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and stockholders of LECG may obtain free copies of the proxy statement (when available) and other documents filed by LECG with the SEC from LECG's website at www.lecg.com.

LECG and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the LECG's stockholders in connection with the transactions. Information about LECG's directors and executive officers is set forth in the proxy statement on Schedule 14A for LECG's 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on April 25, 2008 and in the amended Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by LECG with the SEC on April 29, 2009. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the transactions will be included in the proxy statement that LECG intends to file with the SEC. Stockholders may obtain additional information regarding the direct and indirect interests of LECG and its directors and executive officers with respect to the transactions by reading the proxy statement once it is available and the other filings referred to above.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number                             Description of Exhibit

 99.1     Transcript of conference call hosted by LECG Corporation on August 18,
          2009 (furnished herewith).