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.
Goodland, sometimes known as The Golden Buckle on the Wheat Belt, is a city in and the county seat of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 4,948 at the 2000 census.