What is the most common complaint against Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP?

The most common issue consumers report about Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 17 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP are rising. The company received 5 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP's reputation grade?

Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP has a reputation grade of F (score: 34.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP respond to consumer complaints?

Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP has a 65% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 100% of cases.

In how many states does Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP operate?

Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 4 states, with the most complaints from New Jersey (14 complaints).

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

Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 4 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

7
Written notification about debt

3
False statements or representation

3
Communication tactics

2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record celentano-stadtmauer-walentowicz-llp Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP

Grade F · 17 CFPB filings · 65% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2018 · compose #5127

VOL 17
GRADE F
12MO 5
STATES 4
TIMELY 65%
DISPUTE 100%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,018
COMPOSE #5,127

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: A/R Concepts, Inc. (17 complaints)

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

Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP's 17 CFPB complaints sit next to A/R Concepts, 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

82.4% of Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP's CFPB filings land in New Jersey

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP is volume #2,018 but composite #5,127, while New Jersey dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: New Jersey 82.4%; 14 of 17 filings · 4 states touched
Spike month: 2017-01 17.6%; 3 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,018 volume; #5,127 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,109 places worse than volume

How does Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP compare to its peers?

How does Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, 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

Celentano, Stadtmauer … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

65%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

100%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2016-07 2024-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	7
Written notification about debt	3
False statements or representation	3
Communication tactics	2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP come from?

Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, LLP's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New Jersey

14
Florida

1
Maryland

1
New York

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Celentano, Stadtmauer & Walentowicz, 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: 17.

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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