FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics for April 1-15

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

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

There were about 459 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of April. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 381 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 44 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 26 Truth In Lending Act
• 2 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 2 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Fair Credit Billing Act
• 1 Federal Trade Commission Act
• 1 Higher Education Opportunity Act
• 4 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 1 Personal Injury
• 7 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 4 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 4 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
• 1 Securities Exchange Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 496 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 127 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 127 plaintiffs have filed about 786 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 123 different US District Court branches.
• About 525 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 27 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 26 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 19 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 15 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 14 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 13 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 13 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 10 Lawsuits: Maryland District Court – Baltimore

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 18 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 15 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 13 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro
• Representing 11 Consumers: James D. Pacitti
• Representing 11 Consumers: David M. Marco
• Representing 10 Consumers: Robert T. Healey, Jr.
• Representing 10 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 9 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 9 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 9 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings

Statistics Year to Date

3273 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 2782 FDCPA
• 299 FCRA
• 8 TCPA
• 127 TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 3330 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 97 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 92 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 90 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 90 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 81 Consumers: David Michael Larson

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