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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

Grand Rapids, MI (Jan 26, 2011) – 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.

 

For more information, please contact:

Amy Field-Smith

National Account  Manager
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: amy@webrecon.net