FDCPA Lawsuits Against Collectors Fall in First Half of June

Lawsuits filed against ARM companies claiming violations of the FDCPA and other consumer statutes dropped in the first two weeks of June compared to the second half of May.

The following statistics are provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC.  Be sure to find WebRecon in booth 453 at the upcoming ACA conference in Dallas!

FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, June 1-15, 2011

There were about 502 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of June 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 442 FDCPA
• 40 FCRA
• 37 TILA
• 2 TCPA

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 559 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 160 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 1057 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 121 different US District Court branches.
• About 500 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 27 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 27 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 26 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 25 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 25 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – Dmn
• 18 Lawsuits: New Jersey District Court – Newark
• 15 Lawsuits: Michigan Eastern District Court – Detroit
• 12 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 12 Lawsuits: New York Southern District Court – Foley Square
• 10 Lawsuits: California Eastern District Court – Sacramento

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 18 Consumers: Tammy Lee Hussin
• Representing 16 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 16 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 16 Consumers: Dennis R. Kurz
• Representing 13 Consumers: J. Mark Meinhardt
• Representing 12 Consumers: Tsarina Branyan
• Representing 12 Consumers: Andrew Ira Glenn
• Representing 11 Consumers: Darin Shaw
• Representing 11 Consumers: Alex D. Weisberg
• Representing 11 Consumers: Mark L Vavreck

Statistics Year to Date

6427 total lawsuits for 2011, including:

• 5412 FDCPA
• 556 FCRA
• 580 TILA
• 220 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 6563 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 166 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 154 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 132 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 111 Consumers: Andrew Ira Glenn
• Representing 110 Consumers: Dale Wood Pittman

Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.