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.
Portage is a town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 257 at the 2000 census. The town received its name from Mormon apostle Lorenzo Snow. He named it Portage after his birth place of Portage County, Ohio.