What is the most common complaint against LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.?

The most common issue consumers report about LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was paid". This is based on 11 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.'s reputation grade?

LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. 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 LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. respond to consumer complaints?

LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. has a 82% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 50% of cases.

In how many states does LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. operate?

LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 2 states, with the most complaints from Maryland (10 complaints).

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

LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
Communication tactics

3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

2
False statements or representation

2
Written notification about debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record law-office-of-john-e-lindner-pa LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.

Grade D · 11 CFPB filings · 82% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2417 · compose #3386

VOL 11
GRADE D
12MO 1
STATES 2
TIMELY 82%
DISPUTE 50%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,417
COMPOSE #3,386

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accounts Interchange Group LLC (11 complaints)

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

LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.'s 11 CFPB complaints sit next to Accounts Interchange Group 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

90.9% of LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.'s CFPB filings land in Maryland

High volume does not equal a clean composite: LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. is volume #2,417 but composite #3,386, while Maryland dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Maryland 90.9%; 10 of 11 filings · 2 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2023-05 12.5%; 8–15% band · 1 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,417 volume; #3,386 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 969 places worse than volume

How does LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. compare to its peers?

How does LAW OFFICE OF JOHN E. LINDNER P.A. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

LAW OFFICE OF JOHN E. … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

82%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

50%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-05 2025-05

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
Communication tactics	3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	2
False statements or representation	2
Written notification about debt	1

Where do complaints against LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. come from?

LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Maryland

10
District of Columbia

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.: 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: 11.

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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