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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 62 complaints

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

CFPB complaint profile across 20 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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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 62
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 28
  • STATES 20
  • TIMELY 90%
  • DISPUTE 29%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #1,066
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

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

Action Revenue Recovery, LLCAction Revenue Recovery, LLC62Advanced Recovery Systems, Inc.Advanced Recovery Systems, I…62Collection Bureau IncorporatedCollection Bureau Incorporat…62Credit Clearing House of America, Inc.Credit Clearing House of Ame…62Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan (this)Law Offices of Timothy M. Su…62
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 →

How the 62 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
54.7/100
Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan

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 D
62
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
90%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate B
29%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend D
Rising
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Filing geometry

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

Figures below come from this collector's company_states / company_monthly rows and corpus RankMaps. 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
Corpus ranks
#1,066 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

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 M. Sullivan National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
28
14
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
90%
100%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
29%
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 Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 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 70%80%90%100%110% 0%10%20%30%40% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan vs. 8 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Law Offices of Timothy M. SullivanLD Holdings Group, LLCMichael J Adams PCNational Credit Services, Inc.Credit Clearing House of America, Inc.National Medical Administrators, IncCOLLECTION BUREAU INCORPORATEDAdvanced Recovery Systems, Inc.Action Revenue Recovery, LLC
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan's complaint volume in context

Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan 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)

62 Top 20% higher than 80% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Below this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Below this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). This entry sits in this band. 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 Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Rising ↑
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.

Top states by complaints against Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan

Across 20 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 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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