FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, October 16-31

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

FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, October, 16-31, 2010

There were about 503 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of October, 2010. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 462 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 66 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 34 Truth in Lending Act
• 12 Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 540 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 141 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 894 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 131 different US District Court branches.
• About 464 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 31 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – Dmn
• 22 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 20 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 18 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 17 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 15 Lawsuits: New Jersey District Court – Newark
• 13 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
• 13 Lawsuits: Indiana Southern District Court – Indianapolis
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 10 Lawsuits: Texas Western District Court – San Antonio

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 18 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 16 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 15 Consumers: Mark L Vavreck
• Representing 14 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 14 Consumers: James M Ervin
• Representing 12 Consumers: James Marvin Feagle
• Representing 10 Consumers: Benjamin R. Bingham
• Representing 10 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 9 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 8 Consumers: Michael P Mcilree

Statistics Year to Date

9564 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 8953 FDCPA
• 1069 FCRA
• 457 TILA
• 148 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 9139 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 316 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 294 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 288 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 224 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 186 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.