Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business consulting services, today announced that Rick Wyman has joined the Company as a managing director in its Huron Legal practice. Wyman will lead Huron Legal's Advisory business.

"Law departments and law firms are under extreme pressure to control costs and manage information. Our Advisory business implements strategy, cost containment, and efficiency programs, which are imperative for organizations looking to streamline operations," said Shahzad Bashir, executive vice president, Huron Legal. "Rick will be a great addition to lead the global Advisory business, and we are pleased to welcome him to the Huron Legal leadership team."

Wyman has more than 30 years of professional services experience. He joins Huron Legal from Hitachi Consulting where he served as the vice president of Operations. During his career, he has held executive and senior leadership roles at The Harbour Group, Inc., Electronic Data Systems, Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young, LLC, and Accenture.

At Huron Legal, Wyman will ensure seamless collaboration between all aspects of law department management, strategy consulting, and information management consulting to address the needs of law department and law firm clients.

About Huron Legal

Huron Legal provides advisory and business services to assist law departments and law firms to enhance organizational effectiveness and reduce legal spend. Huron Legal advises on and implements strategy, organizational design and development, outside counsel management, operational efficiency, and discovery solutions, and provides services relating to the management of matters, contracts, documents, records, digital evidence and e-discovery.

Learn more about: Huron's IMPACT® solution, which delivers sustainable cost reductions ranging from 15 to 40 percent; R3con® solution, a cost-effective forensic investigation solution to protect enterprise data; Sp3ctrum? solution, a managed services discovery solution; and V3locity® solution, offering a streamlined e-discovery process that results in predictable discovery costs.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve performance, comply with complex regulations, reduce costs, recover from distress, leverage technology, and stimulate growth. The Company teams with its clients to deliver sustainable and measurable results. Huron provides services to a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations, including healthcare organizations, Fortune 500 companies, leading academic institutions, medium-sized businesses, and the law firms that represent these various organizations. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.

Huron Consulting Group
Jennifer Frost Hennagir
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