WebRecon Stats on FDCPA and othe Consumer rights Lawsuits

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

FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, January 1-15, 2010

There were about 396 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of January. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 319 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 36 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 4 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 24 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Bankruptcy Related
• 5 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 2 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Higher Education Opportunity Act
• 2 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 6 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Georgia Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Illinois Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of New Jersey Consumer Statutes
• 7 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 3 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 418 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 114 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 114 plaintiffs have filed about 702 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 96 different US District Court branches.
• About 260 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 23 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 22 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 20 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 16 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco
• 14 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 10 Lawsuits: Alabama Northern District Court – Western
• 10 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 10 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Middle District Court – Scranton
• 10 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 9 Lawsuits: Indiana Southern District Court – Indianapolis

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 26 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 15 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 15 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 13 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 13 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 13 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 12 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 9 Consumers: Brandon Lee Blankenship
• Representing 8 Consumers: John Cole Gayle, Jr.
• Representing 8 Consumers: Joseph A Mullaney III

Statistics Year to Date: 396 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 319 FDCPA
• 36 FCRA
• 4 TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 418 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit) The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 26 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 15 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 15 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 13 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 13 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg

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.