FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, July 16-31

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

FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, July 16-31, 2010

There were about 533 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of July. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 492 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 71 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 19 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 23 Truth In Lending Act
• 2 Credit Repair Organizations Act
• 3 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 2 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 1 Personal Injury
• 1 State of Alabama Consumer Statutes
• 31 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Colorado Consumer Statutes
• 3 State of Connecticut Consumer Statutes
• 44 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Illinois Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Kentucky Consumer Statutes
• 4 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of North Carolina Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Ohio Consumer Statutes
• 4 State of Pennsylvania Consumer Statutes
• 3 State of Texas Consumer Statutes
• 9 State of Utah Consumer Statutes
• 3 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 20 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act 
• 2 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 549 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 152 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 152 plaintiffs have filed about 965 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 119 different US District Court branches.
• About 480 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 40 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 34 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 33 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 30 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 22 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 20 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 14 Lawsuits: Missouri Eastern District Court – St. Louis – Eastern Division
• 14 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 12 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Miami

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 30 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr
• Representing 23 Consumers: Mark L. Vavreck
• Representing 19 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 17 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 14 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 14 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 12 Consumers: Thomas J. Lyons Sr.
• Representing 11  Consumers: James D. Pacitti
• Representing 9  Consumers: David Richard Schwarcz
• Representing 9  Consumers: Andrew Ira Glenn

Statistics Year to Date

6725 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 6267 FDCPA
• 703 FCRA
• 64  TCPA
• 332  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 6529 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 218 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 198 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 166 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 154 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 143 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough

About WebRecon LLC
Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s (www.webrecon.com) 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.