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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 11 complaints

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

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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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 11
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 1
  • STATES 2
  • TIMELY 82%
  • DISPUTE 50%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #2,417
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

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

Accounts Interchange Group LLCAccounts Interchange Group L…11Acknowledge Debt ResolutionsAcknowledge Debt Resolutions11Adela, IncAdela, Inc11Affirmative Law, PCAffirmative Law, PC11LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. (this)LAW Office of John E. Lindne…11
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 →

How the 11 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a., not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
54.7/100
LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume C
11
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
82%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate C
50%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

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

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. 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
Corpus ranks
#2,417 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

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. LINDNER P.A. National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
1
5
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
82%
100%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
50%
0%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 5 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 40%60%80%100%120% 0%20%40%60% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. vs. 4 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.ICQ Search and Recovery Inc.Life Line Billing Systems, LLCGross Polowy LLCLivingston Financial, LLC
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.'s complaint volume in context

LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

11 55th percentile higher than 55% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a. 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
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.

Top states by complaints against LAW Office of John E. Lindner P.a.

Across 2 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

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

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