FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics for September 16-30

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FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, September 16-30, 2010

There were about 481 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of September, 2010. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 441 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 59 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 26 Truth in Lending Act
• 7 Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Summary:
Of those cases, there were about 511 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
Of those plaintiffs, about 123 had sued under consumer statutes before.
Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 791 lawsuits since 2001
Actions were filed in 106 different US District Court branches.
About 456 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 28 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 25 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 21 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 19 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 15 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 14 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 13 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
• 13 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
• 13 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 12 Lawsuits: Missouri Eastern District Court – St. Louis – Eastern Division

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 22 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 18 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 16 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 13 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 10 Consumers: James D. Pacitti
• Representing 10 Consumers: Mark H. Rephen
• Representing 10 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 9 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro
• Representing 7 Consumers: Brian P. Parker
• Representing 7 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough

Statistics Year to Date

8581 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 8033 FDCPA
• 946 FCRA
• 409 TILA
• 112 TCPA

Number of Unique Plaintiffs: 8231 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 270 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 254 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 244 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr.
• Representing 200 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 199 Consumers: David Michael Larson

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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.