What is the most common complaint against Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan?

The most common issue consumers report about Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 62 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan are rising. The company received 28 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan's reputation grade?

Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan 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 Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan respond to consumer complaints?

Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan has a 90% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 29% of cases.

In how many states does Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan operate?

Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 20 states, with the most complaints from Ohio (14 complaints).

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

Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 20 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

25
False statements or representation

14
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

9
Written notification about debt

5
Communication tactics

3
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

3

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record law-offices-of-timothy-m-sullivan Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan

Grade D · 62 CFPB filings · 90% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1066 · compose #3387

VOL 62
GRADE D
12MO 28
STATES 20
TIMELY 90%
DISPUTE 29%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,066
COMPOSE #3,387

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Action Revenue Recovery, LLC (62 complaints)

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

Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan's 62 CFPB complaints sit next to Action Revenue Recovery, 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 →

Filing geometry

Ohio is the plurality state for Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan (22.6%)

Volume rank #1,066 and composite rank #3,387 diverge by 2,321 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Ohio 22.6%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 20 states with ≥1 filing
Seasonal peak: 2018-05 10.3%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,066 volume; #3,387 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,321 places worse than volume

How does Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan compare to its peers?

How does Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan 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 of Timothy… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

90%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

29%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2017-06 2023-12

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	25
False statements or representation	14
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	9
Written notification about debt	5
Communication tactics	3
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	3
Disclosure verification of debt	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan come from?

Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Ohio

14
Texas

11
Florida

5
California

4
Maryland

4
Georgia

3
Pennsylvania

3
Tennessee

3

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan: 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: 62.

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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