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.
Pratt is a city in and the county seat of Pratt County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Kansas. The population was 6,570 at the 2000 census.