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.
Jud is a rural hamlet in LaMoure County, North Dakota, in the United States. The population was 76 at the 2000 census. Jud was founded in 1905 and named for county settler Judson LaMoure. It is located along unpaved 61st Street SE, 9 miles west of State highway 281 and 25 miles south of Interstate 95 in the midst of settled farmland and open plains.