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.
New Lexington is a village in and the county seat of Perry County, Ohio, United States, 21 miles (34 km) southwest of Zanesville. The population was 4,689 at the 2000 census. In 1900, 1,701 people lived in New Lexington, Ohio; in 1910, 2,559 lived here.