What is the most common complaint against Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C.?

The most common issue consumers report about Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was paid". This is based on 80 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C.'s reputation grade?

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. has a reputation grade of C (score: 59.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. respond to consumer complaints?

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. has a 99% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 12% of cases.

In how many states does Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. operate?

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 9 states, with the most complaints from Connecticut (35 complaints).

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

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 9 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

17
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

14
False statements or representation

13
Disclosure verification of debt

9
Attempts to collect debt not owed

7
Written notification about debt

7

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record law-offices-howard-lee-schiff-pc Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C.

Grade C · 80 CFPB filings · 99% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #925 · compose #2397

VOL 80
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 9
TIMELY 99%
DISPUTE 12%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #925
COMPOSE #2,397

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Mechanics Bank (80 complaints)

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

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C.'s 80 CFPB complaints sit next to Mechanics Bank 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

43.8% of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C.'s CFPB filings land in Connecticut

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. is volume #925 but composite #2,397, while Connecticut dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Connecticut 43.8%; 35 of 80 filings · 9 states touched
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2023-09 at 7.5% (3 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #925 volume; #2,397 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,472 places worse than volume

How does Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. compare to its peers?

How does Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, 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

Law Offices Howard Lee… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

99%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

12%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-05 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	17
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	14
False statements or representation	13
Disclosure verification of debt	9
Attempts to collect debt not owed	7
Written notification about debt	7
Communication tactics	7
Taking/threatening an illegal action	5
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C. come from?

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, P.C.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Connecticut

35
Massachusetts

19
Maine

10
Rhode Island

6
New Hampshire

5
Tennessee

1
Texas

1
Vermont

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, 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: 80.

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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