FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, September 1-15

Grand Rapids, MI – The following statistics are provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC (www.webrecon.com).

FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, September 1-15, 2010

There were about 421 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of September 2010. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 390 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 59 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 12 Truth in Lending Act
• 12 Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 432 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 109 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 725 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 106 different US District Court branches.
• About 408.75 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 31 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 24 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Miami
• 23 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 22 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 18 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 15 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 13 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – Dmn
• 11 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 11 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 10 Lawsuits: Massachusetts District Court – Boston

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 38 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 25 Consumers: James Marvin Feagle
• Representing 13 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 10 Consumers: John Cole Gayle, Jr.
• Representing 8 Consumers: Jennifer M. Kurtz
• Representing 8 Consumers: Joshua R. Trigsted
• Representing 8 Consumers: Andrew Ira Glenn
• Representing 8 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 7 Consumers: Phillip C. Rogers
• Representing 6 Consumers: Alex D. Weisberg

Statistics Year to Date

8114 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 7600 FDCPA
• 889 FCRA
• 385 TILA
• 105 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 7802 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 254 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 232 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 228 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 193 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 167 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough

About WebRecon LLC
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.