What is the most common complaint against Gurstel Law Firm, P.C.?

The most common issue consumers report about Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Sued you without properly notifying you of lawsuit". This is based on 526 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. have been stable. The company received 125 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Gurstel Law Firm, P.C.'s reputation grade?

Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. has a reputation grade of D (score: 54.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. respond to consumer complaints?

Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 18% of cases.

In how many states does Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. operate?

Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 16 states, with the most complaints from Arizona (187 complaints).

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

Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 16 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

143
Attempts to collect debt not owed

137
Written notification about debt

93
False statements or representation

62
Communication tactics

22
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

18

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record gurstel-law-firm-pc Gurstel Law Firm, P.C.

Grade D · 526 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #262 · compose #3384

VOL 526
GRADE D
12MO 125
STATES 16
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 18%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #262
COMPOSE #3,384

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Rausch Sturm LLP (527 complaints)

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

Gurstel Law Firm, P.C.'s 526 CFPB complaints sit next to Rausch Sturm LLP 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

35.6% of Gurstel Law Firm, P.C.'s CFPB filings land in Arizona

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. is volume #262 but composite #3,384, while Arizona dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Arizona 35.6%; 187 of 526 filings · 16 states touched
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2024-12 at 7.0% (54 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #262 volume; #3,384 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,122 places worse than volume

How does Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. compare to its peers?

How does Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

125

184

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

18%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-04 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	143
Attempts to collect debt not owed	137
Written notification about debt	93
False statements or representation	62
Communication tactics	22
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	18
Disclosure verification of debt	18
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	16
Taking/threatening an illegal action	10
Improper contact or sharing of info	4

Where do complaints against Gurstel Law Firm, P.C. come from?

Gurstel Law Firm, P.C.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Arizona

187
Minnesota

112
California

94
Utah

37
Nebraska

27
Iowa

24
Nevada

21
Wisconsin

14

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Gurstel Law Firm, P.C.: 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: 526.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 100%.

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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