FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, February 16-28

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Grand Rapids, Mich. – The following statistics are provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC.

FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, February 16-28, 2011

There were about 394 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of February 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown:

378 FDCPA
21 FCRA
17 TCPA
12 TILA

Summary

Of those cases, there were about 410 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
Of those plaintiffs, about 125 had sued under consumer statutes before.
Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 754 lawsuits since 2001
Actions were filed in 107 different US District Court branches.
About 386 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

26 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
21 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
16 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
14 Lawsuits: Michigan Eastern District Court – Detroit
13 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
11 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
11 Lawsuits: Missouri Eastern District Court – St. Louis – Eastern Division
10 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
9 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
9 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta

The most active consumer attorneys were:

Representing 15 Consumers: David Michael Larson
Representing 12 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
Representing 8 Consumers: Craig J. Ehrlich
Representing 7 Consumers: Daniel S. Blinn
Representing 7 Consumers: Darin Shaw
Representing 7 Consumers: David J. Philipps
Representing 6 Consumers: Novlette Rosemarie Kidd
Representing 6 Consumers: Steven R. White
Representing 6 Consumers: Robert T. Healey, Jr.
Representing 6 Consumers: Allison Marie Wolfe

Statistics Year to Date

1750 total lawsuits for 2011, including:

1676 FDCPA
181 FCRA
88 TILA
97 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 1797 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

Representing 47 Consumers: David Michael Larson
Representing 47 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
Representing 32 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
Representing 29 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro
Representing 28 Consumers: John Thomas Steinkamp

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. www.WebRecon.com