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.
Peru is a city in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. The population was 183 at the 2000 census. Madelyn Dunham, grandmother of Barack Obama, was born in the town in 1922.