FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, February 1-15

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

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

There were about 466 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of February 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 456 FDCPA
• 57 FCRA
• 24 TCPA
• 17 TILA

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 500 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 137 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 917 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 103 different US District Court branches.
• About 444 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 32 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 23 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 22 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 19 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 18 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 16 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – Dmn
• 16 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Orlando
• 15 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
• 13 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 13 Lawsuits: Michigan Eastern District Court – Detroit

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 15 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 15 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 13 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 12 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 11 Consumers: J Phillip Bott
• Representing 11 Consumers: Daniel S. Blinn
• Representing 10 Consumers: Andrew I. Glenn
• Representing 9 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro
• Representing 9 Consumers: John Thomas Steinkamp
• Representing 9 Consumers: James D. Pacitti

Statistics Year to Date

1348 total lawsuits for 2011, including:

• 1299 FDCPA
• 161 FCRA
• 76 TILA
• 80 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 1402 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 43 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 32 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 27 Consumers: John Thomas Steinkamp
• Representing 26 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro
• Representing 23 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman

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. For more information, www.WebRecon.com