I've been gone for a while, focused on company growth. If there is an interest in us continuing to post these semi-monthly stats, please let me know, and I will be happy to start doing it again.

Jack

FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, July 16-31, 2011

There were about 539 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of July 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 464 FDCPA
• 71 FCRA
• 34 TILA
• 12 TCPA

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 564 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 186 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 1042 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 115 different US District Court branches.
• About 563 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 36 Lawsuits: California Central District Court - Western Division - Los Angeles
• 34 Lawsuits: New Jersey District Court - Newark
• 31 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court - Chicago
• 27 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court - Dmn
• 24 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court - Denver
• 22 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court - Philadelphia
• 15 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court - Brooklyn
• 14 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court - Atlanta
• 11 Lawsuits: Michigan Western District Court - Southern Division
• 10 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court - New Haven

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 20 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 16 Consumers: Darin Shaw
• Representing 15 Consumers: Yaakov Saks
• Representing 14 Consumers: Earl Price Underwood, Jr.
• Representing 13 Consumers: Michael S. Agruss
• Representing 13 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 12 Consumers: Mark L Vavreck
• Representing 11 Consumers: Shireen Hormozdi
• Representing 11 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 11 Consumers: Amy Lynn Bennecoff

Statistics Year to Date: 7431 total lawsuits for 2011, including:

• 6809 FDCPA
• 764 FCRA
• 679 TILA
• 240 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 7456 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 211 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 192 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 164 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 131 Consumers: Darin Shaw
• Representing 126 Consumers: Andrew I Glenn