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.
Christmas Valley is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Oregon, United States. The community of Christmas Valley, named after nearby Christmas Lake, was a real estate development started after World War II, with a post office established in 1963 as a rural station of Silver Lake.