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

Posted on 29. Mar, 2011 by Collections Recon in Collection News, Press Releases

Grand Rapids, MI (March 29, 2011) – The following statistics are provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC.

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

There were about 477 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of March 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown:

· 444 FDCPA

· 55 FCRA

· 15 TILA

· 5 TCPA

Summary:

· Of those cases, there were about 488 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).

· Of those plaintiffs, about 140 had sued under consumer statutes before.

· Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 982 lawsuits since 2001

· Actions were filed in 120 different US District Court branches.

· About 417 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

· 27 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia

· 24 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago

· 23 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver

· 19 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn

· 17 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles

· 15 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta

· 15 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – Dmn

· 15 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip

· 14 Lawsuits: Michigan Eastern District Court – Detroit

· 9 Lawsuits: Michigan Western District Court – Southern Division

The most active consumer attorneys were:

· Representing 14 Consumers: David Michael Larson

· Representing 10 Consumers: Robert T. Healey, Jr.

· Representing 10 Consumers: Adam J. Fishbein

· Representing 10 Consumers: Tara Leigh Patterson

· Representing 9 Consumers: Andrew Ira Glenn

· Representing 9 Consumers: Amy Lynn Bennecoff

· Representing 9 Consumers: Dennis Robert Kurz

· Representing 8 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel

· Representing 8 Consumers: Phillip C. Rogers

· Representing 8 Consumers: Mark L Vavreck

Statistics Year to Date:
2224 total lawsuits for 2011, including:

· 2120 FDCPA

· 236 FCRA

· 103 TILA

· 102 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 2254 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)
The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

· Representing 61 Consumers: David Michael Larson

· Representing 58 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel

· Representing 37 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro

· Representing 34 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.

· Representing 32 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.

For more information, please contact:

Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

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