What is the most common complaint against Kramer & Frank, P.C.?

The most common issue consumers report about Kramer & Frank, 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 126 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Kramer & Frank, P.C. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Kramer & Frank, P.C. are falling. The company received 13 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Kramer & Frank, P.C.'s reputation grade?

Kramer & Frank, P.C. has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Kramer & Frank, P.C. respond to consumer complaints?

Kramer & Frank, P.C. has a 97% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 33% of cases.

In how many states does Kramer & Frank, P.C. operate?

Kramer & Frank, P.C. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 8 states, with the most complaints from Missouri (83 complaints).

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

Kramer & Frank, P.C. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 8 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

24
Written notification about debt

20
Attempts to collect debt not owed

19
False statements or representation

16
Communication tactics

15
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

10

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record kramer-frank-pc Kramer & Frank, P.C.

Grade D · 126 CFPB filings · 97% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #735 · compose #3803

VOL 126
GRADE D
12MO 13
STATES 8
TIMELY 97%
DISPUTE 33%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #735
COMPOSE #3,803

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Cornerstone Holdings, Inc. (127 complaints)

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

Kramer & Frank, P.C.'s 126 CFPB complaints sit next to Cornerstone Holdings, Inc. 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

65.9% of Kramer & Frank, P.C.'s CFPB filings land in Missouri

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Kramer & Frank, P.C. is volume #735 but composite #3,803, while Missouri dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Missouri 65.9%; 83 of 126 filings · 8 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2024-12 8.4%; 8–15% band · 7 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #735 volume; #3,803 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,068 places worse than volume

How does Kramer & Frank, P.C. compare to its peers?

How does Kramer & Frank, 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

Kramer & Frank, P.C. National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

97%

40%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

33%

29%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-03 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	24
Written notification about debt	20
Attempts to collect debt not owed	19
False statements or representation	16
Communication tactics	15
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	10
Disclosure verification of debt	10
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	4
Taking/threatening an illegal action	4
Improper contact or sharing of info	3

Where do complaints against Kramer & Frank, P.C. come from?

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

Missouri

83
Kansas

29
Arkansas

5
Illinois

4
Alabama

1
Kentucky

1
Maryland

1
New Jersey

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Kramer & Frank, 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: 126.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 96.61016949152543%.

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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