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.
Gibsland is a town in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,119 at the 2000 census. The community is best known for the nearby capture in 1934 of the bandits Bonnie and Clyde. F. Jay Taylor, president of nearby Louisiana Tech University at Ruston from 1962-1987, was born in Gibsland.