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.
Sprague is a city in Lincoln County, Washington, United States. The population was 490 at the 2000 census. The town was plotted in 1880 and named for former American Civil War Union general John Wilson Sprague. Eugene E. Lindsey, World War II naval hero, was born in Sprague.