What is the most common complaint against Cheadle Law Firm?

The most common issue consumers report about Cheadle Law Firm is "False statements or representation", specifically "Attempted to collect wrong amount". This is based on 39 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Cheadle Law Firm increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Cheadle Law Firm are falling. The company received 6 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Cheadle Law Firm's reputation grade?

Cheadle Law Firm has a reputation grade of B (score: 66.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Cheadle Law Firm respond to consumer complaints?

Cheadle Law Firm has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Cheadle Law Firm operate?

Cheadle Law Firm has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 5 states, with the most complaints from Tennessee (35 complaints).

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

Cheadle Law Firm - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

False statements or representation

13
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

11
Written notification about debt

9
Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
Communication tactics

2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record cheadle-law-firm Cheadle Law Firm

Grade B · 39 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: False statements or representation · vol #1353 · compose #1668

VOL 39
GRADE B
12MO 6
STATES 5
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE False statements or repres…
RANK #1,353
COMPOSE #1,668

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accurate Financial Partners (39 complaints)

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

Cheadle Law Firm's 39 CFPB complaints sit next to Accurate Financial Partners 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

89.7% of Cheadle Law Firm's CFPB filings land in Tennessee

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Tennessee 89.7%; 35 of 39 filings · 5 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-08 14.6%; 8–15% band · 6 filings
Corpus ranks: #1,353 volume; #1,668 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does Cheadle Law Firm compare to its peers?

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

Cheadle Law Firm National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

67%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2021-01 2025-12

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
False statements or representation	13
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	11
Written notification about debt	9
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
Communication tactics	2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Cheadle Law Firm come from?

Cheadle Law Firm's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Tennessee

35
Alabama

1
California

1
Florida

1
South Carolina

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Cheadle Law Firm: 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: 39.

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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