What is the most common complaint against Cohen & Associates?

The most common issue consumers report about Cohen & Associates is "False statements or representation", specifically "Impersonated an attorney or official". This is based on 17 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Cohen & Associates increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Cohen & Associates are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Cohen & Associates's reputation grade?

Cohen & Associates has a reputation grade of F (score: 35.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Cohen & Associates respond to consumer complaints?

Cohen & Associates has a 0% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Cohen & Associates operate?

Cohen & Associates has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 8 states, with the most complaints from California (4 complaints).

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

Cohen & Associates - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 8 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

False statements or representation

7
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

5
Attempts to collect debt not owed

1
Written notification about debt

1
Communication tactics

1
Disclosure verification of debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record cohen-associates Cohen & Associates

Grade F · 17 CFPB filings · 0% timely · lead issue: False statements or representation · vol #2022 · compose #5089

VOL 17
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 8
TIMELY 0%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE False statements or repres…
RANK #2,022
COMPOSE #5,089

Volume peers

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

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

Cohen & Associates'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 →

Spiky monthly series

California is the plurality state for Cohen & Associates (23.5%)

The 2013-11 spike coincides with a 3,067-place gap between volume rank #2,022 and composite #5,089. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: California 23.5%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 8 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2013-11 25.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,022 volume; #5,089 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,067 places worse than volume

How does Cohen & Associates compare to its peers?

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

Cohen & Associates National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

71%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2013-11 2019-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
False statements or representation	7
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	5
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Written notification about debt	1
Communication tactics	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Cohen & Associates come from?

Cohen & Associates's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

4
Massachusetts

3
Illinois

2
New York

2
North Carolina

2
Pennsylvania

2
Georgia

1
Ohio

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Cohen & Associates: 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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