What is the most common complaint against (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP?

The most common issue consumers report about (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP is "Attempts to collect debt not owed". This is based on 1 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP's reputation grade?

(Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP has a reputation grade of F (score: 45.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP respond to consumer complaints?

(Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP has a 0% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP operate?

(Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 1 states, with the most complaints from Illinois (1 complaints).

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

(Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 1 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record former-shapiro-swertfeger-hasty-llp (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP

Grade F · 1 CFPB filings · 0% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #4417 · compose #4601

VOL 1
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 1
TIMELY 0%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #4,417
COMPOSE #4,601

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 245 Holdings LLC (1 complaints)

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

(Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP's 1 CFPB complaints sit next to 245 Holdings LLC 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

100.0% of (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP's CFPB filings land in Illinois

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

Dominant state: Illinois 100.0%; 1 of 1 filings · 1 states touched
Spike month: 2014-07 25.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks: #4,417 volume; #4,601 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP compare to its peers?

How does (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, 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

(Former)Shapiro, Swert… 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)

2014-07 2015-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP come from?

(Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Illinois

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for (Former)Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, 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: 1.

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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