What is the most common complaint against Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C?

The most common issue consumers report about Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Didn't receive enough information to verify debt". This is based on 133 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C are falling. The company received 6 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C's reputation grade?

Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C has a reputation grade of D (score: 53.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C respond to consumer complaints?

Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C has a 96% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 26% of cases.

In how many states does Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C operate?

Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 10 states, with the most complaints from New York (119 complaints).

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

Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

31
Attempts to collect debt not owed

26
Written notification about debt

18
False statements or representation

18
Disclosure verification of debt

12
Communication tactics

9

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record kirschenbaum-phillips-pc Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C

Grade D · 133 CFPB filings · 96% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #707 · compose #3566

VOL 133
GRADE D
12MO 6
STATES 10
TIMELY 96%
DISPUTE 26%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #707
COMPOSE #3,566

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Mullooly Jeffrey Rooney & Flynn (133 complaints)

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

Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C's 133 CFPB complaints sit next to Mullooly Jeffrey Rooney & Flynn 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

89.5% of Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C's CFPB filings land in New York

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C is volume #707 but composite #3,566, while New York dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: New York 89.5%; 119 of 133 filings · 10 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2019-10 8.7%; 8–15% band · 2 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #707 volume; #3,566 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,859 places worse than volume

How does Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C compare to its peers?

How does Kirschenbaum & Phillips 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

Kirschenbaum & Phillip… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

96%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

26%

23%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2017-06 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	31
Attempts to collect debt not owed	26
Written notification about debt	18
False statements or representation	18
Disclosure verification of debt	12
Communication tactics	9
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	8
Taking/threatening an illegal action	6
Improper contact or sharing of info	3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2

Where do complaints against Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C come from?

Kirschenbaum & Phillips P.C's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New York

119
New Jersey

3
Arizona

1
Colorado

1
Connecticut

1
District of Columbia

1
Florida

1
Maryland

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Kirschenbaum & Phillips 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: 133.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 96.2406015037594%.

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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