Mr. Preiss added, however, that when his firm presents its findings to Scarsdale next month, it will not advocate a single style or design.
For example, when a junior lawyer at the firm presents him with a bulging folder to read that night, Mr. Webb jumps up with a broad grin and showers the young woman with thanks and praise.
In April, Michael A. Silver and Neil MacDonald, analysts at Gartner, the research firm, presented a talk titled "Windows Is Collapsing".
Ms. Greene said she called Mr. Durkin in and, with another top official of the firm present, questioned him about the services he might provide.
The firm presented testimony at trial that the Bakers and other executives at Dragon were in a rush to sell in part because Dragon was in financial trouble.
For me, the firm presented three investment options — capital preservation, balanced and capital appreciation, which could be translated as conservative, moderate and aggressive portfolios.
In a report released Thursday, McKinsey & Company, the consulting firm, presented a bullish message to companies, arguing that "global businesses cannot afford to ignore the potential".
"You won't get much out of them about their work, and there's a security firm present to ensure no one gets to see too much of what's going on".
Marius Kloppers, the boss of BHP Billiton, a huge mining firm presenting its results this week, argued that emerging markets were much more important to the firm's fortunes than rich ones were.
In a detailed report released in February, the firm presented the findings as instructive for big banks that want to win more mortgage business in a market increasingly crowded with independent lenders and community banks.
State prosecutors opened an investigation into Mr. Davis after several partners at the firm presented evidence of possible financial improprieties, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
