What is the most common complaint against Dunlap Gardiner LLP?

The most common issue consumers report about Dunlap Gardiner LLP is "False statements or representation", specifically "Attempted to collect wrong amount". This is based on 36 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Dunlap Gardiner LLP increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Dunlap Gardiner LLP are falling. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Dunlap Gardiner LLP's reputation grade?

Dunlap Gardiner LLP has a reputation grade of D (score: 55.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Dunlap Gardiner LLP respond to consumer complaints?

Dunlap Gardiner LLP has a 69% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Dunlap Gardiner LLP operate?

Dunlap Gardiner LLP has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from Georgia (34 complaints).

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

Dunlap Gardiner LLP - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

False statements or representation

14
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

9
Written notification about debt

8
Attempts to collect debt not owed

4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record dunlap-gardiner-llp Dunlap Gardiner LLP

Grade D · 36 CFPB filings · 69% timely · lead issue: False statements or representation · vol #1403 · compose #3188

VOL 36
GRADE D
12MO 3
STATES 3
TIMELY 69%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE False statements or repres…
RANK #1,403
COMPOSE #3,188

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Affiliated Management Services (36 complaints)

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

Dunlap Gardiner LLP's 36 CFPB complaints sit next to Affiliated Management Services 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

94.4% of Dunlap Gardiner LLP's CFPB filings land in Georgia

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Dunlap Gardiner LLP is volume #1,403 but composite #3,188, while Georgia dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Georgia 94.4%; 34 of 36 filings · 3 states touched
Spike month: 2017-03 33.3%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,403 volume; #3,188 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,785 places worse than volume

How does Dunlap Gardiner LLP compare to its peers?

How does Dunlap Gardiner 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

Dunlap Gardiner LLP National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

69%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2017-03 2022-08

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
False statements or representation	14
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	9
Written notification about debt	8
Attempts to collect debt not owed	4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Dunlap Gardiner LLP come from?

Dunlap Gardiner LLP's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Georgia

34
Louisiana

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Dunlap Gardiner 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: 36.

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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