What is the most common complaint against D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC?

The most common issue consumers report about D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 22 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC are falling. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC's reputation grade?

D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC has a reputation grade of C (score: 56.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC respond to consumer complaints?

D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC operate?

D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from Minnesota (17 complaints).

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

D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

8
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

5
False statements or representation

4
Written notification about debt

2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

2
Communication tactics

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record ds-erickson-associates-pllc D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC

Grade C · 22 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1804 · compose #2964

VOL 22
GRADE C
12MO 3
STATES 3
TIMELY 100%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,804
COMPOSE #2,964

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Abrahamsen Ratchford, P.C (22 complaints)

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

D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC's 22 CFPB complaints sit next to Abrahamsen Ratchford, P.C 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

77.3% of D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC's CFPB filings land in Minnesota

High volume does not equal a clean composite: D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC is volume #1,804 but composite #2,964, while Minnesota dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Minnesota 77.3%; 17 of 22 filings · 3 states touched
Spike month: 2017-06 17.1%; 6 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,804 volume; #2,964 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,160 places worse than volume

How does D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC compare to its peers?

How does D.S. Erickson & Associates, 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

D.S. Erickson & Associ… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2016-12 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	8
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	5
False statements or representation	4
Written notification about debt	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Communication tactics	1

Where do complaints against D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC come from?

D.S. Erickson & Associates, PLLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Minnesota

17
Wisconsin

4
Arizona

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for D.S. Erickson & Associates, 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: 22.

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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