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.
Lindley is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 1,913 at the 2000 census. The name of the town was named after the early settler Eleazer Lindsley. The Town of Lindley is in the south part of the county, south of Corning.