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FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics, July 1-15, 2009
- There were about 227 FDCPA cases and 70 FCRA lawsuits in the first half of July (numbers are down a bit due to the Independence Day holiday).
- Of those cases, there were about 399 different plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
- Of those plaintiffs, about 85 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
- Combined, those 85 plaintiffs have filed about 542 lawsuits since 2001
Actions were filed in 79 different US District Courts - About 277 different collection firms were sued.
The top states where lawsuits were filed:
64 lawsuits: California
34 lawsuits: Florida
27 lawsuits: Michigan
27 lawsuits: New York
22 lawsuits: Georgia
19 lawsuits: Ohio
18 lawsuits: Texas
16 lawsuits: Colorado
The most active consumer attorneys were:
Representing 46 consumers: Bruce K. Warren
Representing 46 consumers: Brent F. Vullings
Representing 41 consumers: Alexander Holmes Burke
Representing 33 consumers: Carlo Sabatini
Representing 31 consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
Representing 27 consumers: David M Marco
The most active consumer litigants were:
Filed 3 lawsuits: Camille Weiss
Filed 3 lawsuits: Marianne E. Lattal
Filed 3 lawsuits: Prestine Menighan
Statistics Year to Date:
4631 total lawsuits for 2009:
3901 FDCPA
635 FCRA
5 TCPA
The most active consumer attorneys of the year:
Representing 266 plaintiffs: Ryan Lee
Representing 165 plaintiffs: Nicholas J Bontrager
Representing 159 plaintiffs: Kenneth R. Hiller
The most active consumer litigants of the year:
Filed 16 lawsuits: Robert Tucker
Filed 11 lawsuits: Christy Kemper
Filed 10 lawsuits: Gary Collins
Jack Gordon, CEO
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