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.
Liberty is a city in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,009 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town; the change to a city was made on January 1, 2001. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community, originally called "Salubrity Springs," was chartered in 1876.