A contingent fee is when an attorney charges dependent upon a successful outcome in the case. It is often agreed to be a percentage of the total recovery to the client. Such fee arrangements are often used in negligence cases and other civil actions but not for criminal defense or divorce actions.
Lillian is an unincorporated community in eastern Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. Lillian sits on the north shore of Perdido Bay. It is the second-largest organized unincorporated community in Baldwin County. As of March 12, 2006, the Mobile Register reported that the community is trying to incorporate itself to stop it from being annexed by the city of Orange Beach, the third fastest growing in Baldwin County, Alabama and first in annexing communities around it. The community was named for Lillian Kee, the daughter of William Thomas Kee, postmaster. Lillian post office was established in 1884. Lillian is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area.