What is the most common complaint against Balekian Hayes, PLLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Balekian Hayes, PLLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 3 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Balekian Hayes, PLLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Balekian Hayes, PLLC are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Balekian Hayes, PLLC's reputation grade?

Balekian Hayes, PLLC has a reputation grade of C (score: 58.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Balekian Hayes, PLLC respond to consumer complaints?

Balekian Hayes, PLLC has a 67% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 50% of cases.

In how many states does Balekian Hayes, PLLC operate?

Balekian Hayes, PLLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 2 states, with the most complaints from Texas (2 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Balekian Hayes, PLLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

1
Communication tactics

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record balekian-hayes-pllc Balekian Hayes, PLLC

Grade C · 3 CFPB filings · 67% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #3576 · compose #2528

VOL 3
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 2
TIMELY 67%
DISPUTE 50%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #3,576
COMPOSE #2,528

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 950 Credit Inc (3 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Balekian Hayes, PLLC's 3 CFPB complaints sit next to 950 Credit Inc on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

State-heavy filing map

66.7% of Balekian Hayes, PLLC's CFPB filings land in Texas

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Balekian Hayes, PLLC is volume #3,576 but composite #2,528, while Texas dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Texas 66.7%; 2 of 3 filings · 2 states touched
Spike month: 2013-08 33.3%; 3 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #3,576 volume; #2,528 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,048 places better than volume

How does Balekian Hayes, PLLC compare to its peers?

How does Balekian Hayes, PLLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Balekian Hayes, PLLC National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

67%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

50%

100%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2013-07 2014-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Communication tactics	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Balekian Hayes, PLLC come from?

Balekian Hayes, PLLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

2
Nebraska

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Balekian Hayes, PLLC: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 3.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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