Collections & Recovery

5000 FDCPA Lawsuits: A Disturbing New Milestone

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11 August 2009 at 02:17 a.m. ET

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http://www.insidearm.com/news/00007463-5000-fdcpa-lawsuits-a-disturbing-new-mile/

Grand Rapids, MI – Instead of being an early Halloween fright, the milestone of 5000 FDCPA/FCRA lawsuits has become a post-Independence Day explosion on the debt collection and creditor firms already struggling to keep up in a troubled economy.

According to WebRecon CEO Jack Gordon, the second half of July saw the ARM industry crack 5000 FDCPA/FCRA lawsuits for the year. This is nearly three months ahead of last year – in 2008, 5000 lawsuits wasn’t reached until the 2nd week of October. In 2007, 5000 wasn’t reached until the first week of December.

“This shows that the pace of new FDCPA/FCRA litigation is only accelerating,” said Gordon. “Look for this milestone to be hit next year before Memorial Day.”

FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics, July 16-31, 2009

There were about 423 FDCPA cases and 79 FCRA lawsuits in the second half of July.

Of those cases, there were about 528 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
Of those plaintiffs, about 117 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
Combined, those 117 plaintiffs have filed about 639 lawsuits since 2001
Actions were filed in 107 different US District Court branches.
About 345 different collection firms were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

34 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
30 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
23 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
21 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
20 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
18 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
13 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
13 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
12 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
11 Lawsuits: California Eastern District Court – Sacramento
11 Lawsuits: New York Southern District Court – Foley Square
10 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
10 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
10 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Miami
10 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip
10 Lawsuits: New York Southern District Court – White Plains

The most active consumer attorneys were:

Representing 29 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
Representing 18 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
Representing 17 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
Representing 16 Consumers: Todd M Friedman
Representing 14 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, Iii
Representing 13 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
Representing 10 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
Representing 9 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
Representing 9 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
Representing 9 Consumers: David Michael Larson
Representing 9 Consumers: Jody B. Burton
Representing 9 Consumers: Susan A Landgraf

The most active consumer litigants were:

Filed 5 lawsuits: Daniel Turner
Filed 3 lawsuits: Amir Goldstein
Filed 3 lawsuits: Dan Nowak
Filed 3 lawsuits: Jeffrey D. Bianchi
Filed 3 lawsuits: Rhonda L. Howard

Statistics Year to Date

5039 total lawsuits for 2009:

4320 FDCPA
714 FCRA
5 TCPA

Numbers of unique Plaintiffs: 5203 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

Representing 280 Consumers: Ryan Lee
Representing 182 Consumers: Nicholas J Bontrager
Representing 167 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
Representing 165 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
Representing 159 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
Representing 134 Consumers: Adam Jacob Krohn
Representing 133 Consumers: Amanda R. Jordan
Representing 129 Consumers: Todd M Friedman
Representing 127 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
Representing 113 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, Iii
Representing 107 Consumers: David M Marco
Representing 104 Consumers: David Michael Larson

The most active consumer litigants of the year:

Filed 16 Lawsuits: Robert Tucker
Filed 11 Lawsuits: Christy Kemper
Filed 10 Lawsuits: Gary Collins
Filed 9 Lawsuits: Eric Beeders
Filed 8 Lawsuits: Shundrika Daniel

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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