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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 * Emma Ronald F   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Hill International, Inc. [HIL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Sr.VP and Chief Accounting Off (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   97 (1) D $ 0 23,298 (2) D

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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

$ 2.45

03/09/2009

A

10,000

03/09/2010(3)

03/08/2016

common stock

10,000

$ 0 (4)

20,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Emma Ronald F C/O HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC. 303 LIPPINCOTT CENTRE MARLTON, NJ 08053			Sr.VP and Chief Accounting Off

Signatures

/s/ Ronald F. Emma		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)	Does not include 10,000 shares issuable pursuant to an option granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 2006 Stock Option Plan.
(3)	The shares issuable pursuant to this option shall vest ratably on March 9 of each of 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
(4)	Option granted pursuant to the Issuer's 2006 Stock Option Plan.

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