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.
Monetta is a town in Aiken and Saluda counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 220 at the 2000 census. The Saluda County portion of Monetta is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Aiken County portion is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.