FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, January 1-15

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

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

There were about 441 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of January 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 431 FDCPA
• 57 FCRA
• 38 TILA
• 27 TCPA

Summary:

Of those cases, there were about 482 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
Of those plaintiffs, about 153 had sued under consumer statutes before.
Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 880 lawsuits since 2001
Actions were filed in 101 different US District Court branches.
About 426 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 33 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 32 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 20 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 16 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 15 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 13 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 11 Lawsuits: Michigan Eastern District Court – Detroit
• 10 Lawsuits: Indiana Southern District Court – Indianapolis
• 10 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco
• 10 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 21 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 14 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro
• Representing 12 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 11 Consumers: Arkady Eric Rayz
• Representing 10 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 10 Consumers: John Thomas Steinkamp
• Representing 9 Consumers: Darin Shaw
• Representing 9 Consumers: Amy Lynn Bennecoff
• Representing 9 Consumers: Todd M Friedman
• Representing 8 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg

Statistics Year to Date

441 total lawsuits for 2011, including:

• 431 FDCPA
• 57 FCRA
• 38 TILA
• 27 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 482 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 21 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 14 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro
• Representing 12 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 11 Consumers: Arkady Eric Rayz
• Representing 10 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.

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. www.WebRecon.com