EMERYVILLE, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 10, 2008 -- Global expert services firm LECG (NasdaqGS:XPRT - News) has expanded its bankruptcy and restructuring practice in the firm's Houston office. Douglas Brickley, a bankruptcy, restructuring and financial advisory services expert, joins the firm as managing director. Mr. Brickley has more than 16 years of financial advisory services experience including positions in the restructuring practices of a large boutique consulting firm and two Big Four accounting firms.

Mr. Brickley is joined by John D. Baumgartner, who has more than 14 years of experience in securities analysis, valuation, and financial advisory services. He joins LECG as a principal.

Richard Boulton, who heads LECG's finance and accounting services business segment, said: "LECG's bankruptcy and restructuring experts have outstanding credentials and Doug and John are no exception. They are both highly qualified experts who will provide strong leadership in the firm's growing restructuring practice, particularly in the important Houston market, and will help us take that practice to the next level."

"I am thrilled to join LECG, a premier consulting firm where I am surrounded and supported by the best in the field," said Mr. Brickley. "I look forward to helping build the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring practices, as well as helping grow LECG's Houston presence."

Mr. Brickley has extensive experience providing thorough and effective analysis for companies involved in bankruptcy and other formal insolvency proceedings. He has been involved in numerous projects including financial and operational restructurings, valuations, fairness opinions, solvency analyses and fraudulent transfer disputes, investment banking and corporate finance transactions, investigations of fraud and misconduct, asset divestitures and troubled company due diligence investigations for clients in numerous industries. Earlier in his career he served as an investment banker in both the New York investment banking department of a large regional investment banking firm and at a boutique investment banking firm in Houston.

Mr. Brickley holds a MBA in finance from Baylor University and a BS in political science from Texas A&M University. He is a certified insolvency and restructuring advisor (CIRA) and a certified turnaround professional (CTP). He is a vice president and director for the Houston chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and a member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA), the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and the State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Section (as a non-lawyer professional).

"I am excited to be part of LECG's growing bankruptcy and restructuring practices. I'm eager to work with Doug, a talented leader with a wide range of experience in the financial advisory services sector, and look forward to helping to enhance the firm's practices in these areas," said Mr. Baumgartner.

Prior to joining LECG, Mr. Baumgartner worked in the restructuring practices of boutique consulting firms and a large international public accounting firm. He advised clients of those firms by providing operational and financial advisory services, going concern opinions and investigations relating to underperforming companies involved in bankruptcy and other formal insolvency proceedings. He was previously a fixed income securities analyst for bulge bracket investment banks and a regional money management firm in Houston.

Mr. Baumgartner holds a MBA in finance and strategy from Rice University and a BA in economics from Rhodes College. He sits on the board of directors of the Houston chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, and is a member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI).

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