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.
Lowell is a village in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River. The population was 628 at the 2000 census. Lowell is the third-oldest settlement in the Northwest Territory, after Marietta, Ohio and Belpre, Ohio.