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.
Elsie is a village in Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,055 at the 2000 census. The village consists of two noncontiguous portions within Duplain Township in the northeast portion of Clinton County.