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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Richter Irvin E   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Hill International, Inc. [HIL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman and Chief Executive (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC., 303 LIPPINCOTT CENTRE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/21/2007 (Street) MARLTON, NJ 08053 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 08/21/2007   D   37,046 (1) D $ 0 8,195,259 (2) D (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

common stock purchase option

$ 2.69

03/09/2009

A

200,000

03/09/2010(4)

03/08/2016

common stock

200,000

$ 0 (5)

200,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Richter Irvin E C/O HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC. 303 LIPPINCOTT CENTRE MARLTON, NJ 08053	X	X	Chairman and Chief Executive

Signatures

/s/ Irvin E. Richter		04/14/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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)	These shares were included among a block of the Issuer's common stock issued to the reporting person, but placed in escrow to fund the reporting person's indemnification obligations in connection with the closing of the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and Among Arpeggio Acquisition Corporation, Hill International, Inc. and the Stockholders of Hill International Inc. dated as of December 5, 2005, as amended. On August 21, 2007, these shares were forfeited by the reporting person pursuant to such indemnification provisions.
(2)	Includes 7,576 shares held in the Issuer's 401(k) Plan for the benefit of the reporting person.
(3)	Does not include 300,000 shares held by the reporting person's spouse which the reporting person is deemed to indirectly own notwithstanding his disclaimer of beneficial ownership thereof.
(4)	The shares issuable pursuant to this option shall vest ratably on March 9 of each of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
(5)	Option granted pursuant to the Issuer's 2006 Stock Option Plan.

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