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.
Box Elder is a city in Meade and Pennington counties in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The population was 2,841 at the 2000 census.