FDCPA Lawsuits Jump in Early November; Total Nears 10,000 for 2010

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

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

There were about 558 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of November, 2010. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 535 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 72 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 24 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 19 Truth in Lending Act

Summary:
Of those cases, there were about 577 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
Of those plaintiffs, about 164 had sued under consumer statutes before.
Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 1022 lawsuits since 2001
Actions were filed in 129 different US District Court branches.
About 497 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 34 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 29 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 22 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 22 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 18 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – Dmn
• 17 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 13 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 13 Lawsuits: Maryland District Court – Baltimore
• 12 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Southern Division – Santa Ana
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Miami

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 40 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 12 Consumers: Todd M Friedman
• Representing 12 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 11 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 11 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 11 Consumers: Andrew Ira Glenn
• Representing 9 Consumers: Todd M. Friedman
• Representing 9 Consumers: Eric Scott Fortas
• Representing 9 Consumers: Michael S. Agruss
• Representing 9 Consumers: Mary Elizabeth Philipps

Statistics Year to Date

10116 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 9440 FDCPA
• 1136 FCRA
• 475 TILA
• 172 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 9639 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 352 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 304 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 273 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 233 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 188 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro

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, visit www.WebRecon.com