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.
Dorchester is a village in Clark and Marathon Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is part of the Wausau, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 827 at the 2000 census.