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.
For other places with the same name, see Ludlow (disambiguation). Ludlow is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 324 at the 2000 census. The town of Ludlow features as the first victim of in the 1957 creature feature Beginning of the End.