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.
Hopkinton is a city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. The population was 681 at the 2000 census. The town is the former home of Lenox College, a small school that closed in 1944. The old campus is still maintained as a museum.