What is the most common complaint against Lawson Hamilton & Associates?

The most common issue consumers report about Lawson Hamilton & Associates is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 18 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Lawson Hamilton & Associates increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Lawson Hamilton & Associates are rising. The company received 6 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Lawson Hamilton & Associates's reputation grade?

Lawson Hamilton & Associates has a reputation grade of C (score: 59.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Lawson Hamilton & Associates respond to consumer complaints?

Lawson Hamilton & Associates has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Lawson Hamilton & Associates operate?

Lawson Hamilton & Associates has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 8 states, with the most complaints from California (8 complaints).

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

Lawson Hamilton & Associates - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 8 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

11
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

4
False statements or representation

2
Written notification about debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record lawson-hamilton-associates Lawson Hamilton & Associates

Grade C · 18 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1981 · compose #2517

VOL 18
GRADE C
12MO 6
STATES 8
TIMELY 100%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,981
COMPOSE #2,517

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Ameris Bancorp (18 complaints)

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

Lawson Hamilton & Associates's 18 CFPB complaints sit next to Ameris Bancorp 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

44.4% of Lawson Hamilton & Associates's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Lawson Hamilton & Associates is volume #1,981 but composite #2,517, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 44.4%; 8 of 18 filings · 8 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-10 10.5%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,981 volume; #2,517 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 536 places worse than volume

How does Lawson Hamilton & Associates compare to its peers?

How does Lawson Hamilton & Associates compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Lawson Hamilton & Asso… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

94%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2020-08 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	11
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	4
False statements or representation	2
Written notification about debt	1

Where do complaints against Lawson Hamilton & Associates come from?

Lawson Hamilton & Associates's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

8
Florida

2
Georgia

2
Missouri

2
Alabama

1
Maine

1
Michigan

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Lawson Hamilton & Associates: 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: 18.

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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