What is the most common complaint against Feldman & Stern, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Feldman & Stern, LLC is "Communication tactics", specifically "Used obscene, profane, or other abusive language". This is based on 29 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Feldman & Stern, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Feldman & Stern, LLC are falling. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Feldman & Stern, LLC's reputation grade?

Feldman & Stern, LLC has a reputation grade of B (score: 63.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Feldman & Stern, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Feldman & Stern, LLC has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 18% of cases.

In how many states does Feldman & Stern, LLC operate?

Feldman & Stern, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 15 states, with the most complaints from Georgia (5 complaints).

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

Feldman & Stern, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 15 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Communication tactics

14
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

4
Taking/threatening an illegal action

4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

2
Attempts to collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record feldman-stern-llc Feldman & Stern, LLC

Grade B · 29 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Communication tactics · vol #1562 · compose #1977

VOL 29
GRADE B
12MO 3
STATES 15
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 18%
ISSUE Communication tactics
RANK #1,562
COMPOSE #1,977

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Acquired Assets, Ltd. (29 complaints)

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

Feldman & Stern, LLC's 29 CFPB complaints sit next to Acquired Assets, Ltd. 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

Georgia is the plurality state for Feldman & Stern, LLC (17.2%)

Peak share is this collector's company_monthly maximum divided by its own stored monthly total. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Georgia 17.2%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 15 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2020-08 60.0%; 3 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks: #1,562 volume; #1,977 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does Feldman & Stern, LLC compare to its peers?

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

Feldman & Stern, LLC National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

18%

30%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2020-08 2023-05

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Communication tactics	14
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	4
Taking/threatening an illegal action	4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Written notification about debt	1
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against Feldman & Stern, LLC come from?

Feldman & Stern, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Georgia

5
Florida

4
Indiana

3
Ohio

3
Michigan

2
Pennsylvania

2
Texas

2
California

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Feldman & Stern, LLC: 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: 29.

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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