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.
Fort Totten is a census-designated place (CDP) in Benson County, North Dakota, in the United States. The population was 952 at the 2000 census. Fort Totten is located within the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, and even though it is not formally incorporated as a city, it has the largest population of any community in Benson County.