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.
Smithtown is a town in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. The population was 115,715 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Smithtown lies in the town.