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.
Darien is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, USA. The population was 22,860 at the 2000 census. A suburb of Chicago, Darien was named after a town in Connecticut.