FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, December 1-15, 2010

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

FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, December 1-15, 2010

There were about 526 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of December 2010. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 516 FDCPA
• 49 FCRA
• 20 TCPA
• 17 TILA

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 561 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 181 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 995 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 114 different US District Court branches.
• About 510 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 39 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 29 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 24 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 20 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
• 18 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 17 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 17 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 15 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 14 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 13 Lawsuits: Missouri Eastern District Court – St. Louis – Eastern Division

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 25 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 24 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 19 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 14 Consumers: Dianne E. Zarlengo
• Representing 13 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 12 Consumers: Michael S Agruss
• Representing 11 Consumers: Darin Shaw
• Representing 10 Consumers: John Cole Gayle, Jr.
• Representing 10 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 9 Consumers: Daniel S. Blinn

Statistics Year to Date

13504 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 10475 FDCPA
• 1230 FCRA
• 499 TILA
• 212 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 12688 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 390 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 339 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 308 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 258 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 207 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough

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