What is the most common complaint against Lacy Katzen LLP?

The most common issue consumers report about Lacy Katzen LLP is "False statements or representation", specifically "Attempted to collect wrong amount". This is based on 17 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Lacy Katzen LLP increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Lacy Katzen LLP have been stable. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Lacy Katzen LLP's reputation grade?

Lacy Katzen LLP has a reputation grade of C (score: 59.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Lacy Katzen LLP respond to consumer complaints?

Lacy Katzen LLP has a 88% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 33% of cases.

In how many states does Lacy Katzen LLP operate?

Lacy Katzen LLP has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 1 states, with the most complaints from New York (17 complaints).

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

Lacy Katzen LLP - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 1 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

False statements or representation

8
Attempts to collect debt not owed

2
Written notification about debt

2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

2
Taking/threatening an illegal action

2
Communication tactics

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record lacy-katzen-llp Lacy Katzen LLP

Grade C · 17 CFPB filings · 88% timely · lead issue: False statements or representation · vol #2041 · compose #2516

VOL 17
GRADE C
12MO 3
STATES 1
TIMELY 88%
DISPUTE 33%
ISSUE False statements or repres…
RANK #2,041
COMPOSE #2,516

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: A/R Concepts, Inc. (17 complaints)

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

Lacy Katzen LLP's 17 CFPB complaints sit next to A/R Concepts, 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

100.0% of Lacy Katzen LLP's CFPB filings land in New York

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

Dominant state: New York 100.0%; 17 of 17 filings · 1 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2016-01 9.5%; 8–15% band · 2 filings
Corpus ranks: #2,041 volume; #2,516 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does Lacy Katzen LLP compare to its peers?

How does Lacy Katzen 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

Lacy Katzen LLP National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

88%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

33%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2015-09 2025-12

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
False statements or representation	8
Attempts to collect debt not owed	2
Written notification about debt	2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	2
Taking/threatening an illegal action	2
Communication tactics	1

Where do complaints against Lacy Katzen LLP come from?

Lacy Katzen LLP's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New York

17

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Lacy Katzen 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: 17.

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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