What is the most common complaint against Cawley & Bergmann, LLP?

The most common issue consumers report about Cawley & Bergmann, LLP is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 188 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Cawley & Bergmann, LLP increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Cawley & Bergmann, LLP are falling. The company received 27 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Cawley & Bergmann, LLP's reputation grade?

Cawley & Bergmann, LLP has a reputation grade of D (score: 54.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Cawley & Bergmann, LLP respond to consumer complaints?

Cawley & Bergmann, LLP has a 92% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 15% of cases.

In how many states does Cawley & Bergmann, LLP operate?

Cawley & Bergmann, LLP has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 35 states, with the most complaints from California (27 complaints).

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

Cawley & Bergmann, LLP - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 35 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

47
Communication tactics

44
False statements or representation

24
Written notification about debt

22
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

20
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

15

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record cawley-bergmann-llp Cawley & Bergmann, LLP

Grade D · 188 CFPB filings · 92% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #568 · compose #3540

VOL 188
GRADE D
12MO 27
STATES 35
TIMELY 92%
DISPUTE 15%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #568
COMPOSE #3,540

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Revenue Recovery Corporation (188 complaints)

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

Cawley & Bergmann, LLP's 188 CFPB complaints sit next to Revenue Recovery Corporation 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 →

Distributed filing map

Cawley & Bergmann, LLP spreads filings across 35 states - California leads at only 14.4%

Despite a broad state map, Cawley & Bergmann, LLP still sits volume #568 against composite #3,540 - the two RankMaps diverge by 2,972 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; California still leads at 14.4% across 35 states
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2025-12 at 6.5% (26 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #568 volume; #3,540 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,972 places worse than volume

How does Cawley & Bergmann, LLP compare to its peers?

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

Cawley & Bergmann, LLP National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

92%

94%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

15%

25%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-04 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	47
Communication tactics	44
False statements or representation	24
Written notification about debt	22
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	20
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	15
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	5
Improper contact or sharing of info	4
Disclosure verification of debt	3
Taking/threatening an illegal action	3

Where do complaints against Cawley & Bergmann, LLP come from?

Cawley & Bergmann, LLP's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

27
Texas

17
North Carolina

15
New York

12
Florida

11
Georgia

10
New Jersey

8
Ohio

8

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Cawley & Bergmann, LLP: 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: 188.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 91.75824175824175%.

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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