What is the most common complaint against Lewis, McDonnell & Associates?

The most common issue consumers report about Lewis, McDonnell & Associates is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 159 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Lewis, McDonnell & Associates increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Lewis, McDonnell & Associates are falling. The company received 9 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Lewis, McDonnell & Associates's reputation grade?

Lewis, McDonnell & Associates has a reputation grade of F (score: 36.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Lewis, McDonnell & Associates respond to consumer complaints?

Lewis, McDonnell & Associates has a 66% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Lewis, McDonnell & Associates operate?

Lewis, McDonnell & Associates has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 29 states, with the most complaints from Texas (39 complaints).

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

Lewis, McDonnell & Associates - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 29 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

63
Written notification about debt

28
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

28
False statements or representation

27
Communication tactics

8
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

5

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record lewis-mcdonnell-associates Lewis, McDonnell & Associates

Grade F · 159 CFPB filings · 66% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #636 · compose #5058

VOL 159
GRADE F
12MO 9
STATES 29
TIMELY 66%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #636
COMPOSE #5,058

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Debt Co LLC (159 complaints)

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

Lewis, McDonnell & Associates's 159 CFPB complaints sit next to Debt Co 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

Texas is the plurality state for Lewis, McDonnell & Associates (24.5%)

Volume rank #636 and composite rank #5,058 diverge by 4,422 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Texas 24.5%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 29 states with ≥1 filing
Seasonal peak: 2017-10 9.7%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #636 volume; #5,058 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 4,422 places worse than volume

How does Lewis, McDonnell & Associates compare to its peers?

How does Lewis, McDonnell & 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

Lewis, McDonnell & Ass… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

66%

94%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

17%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2017-07 2021-09

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	63
Written notification about debt	28
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	28
False statements or representation	27
Communication tactics	8
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	5

Where do complaints against Lewis, McDonnell & Associates come from?

Lewis, McDonnell & Associates's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

39
California

23
Florida

20
New York

10
Georgia

9
Maryland

6
Massachusetts

5
Illinois

4

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Lewis, McDonnell & 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: 159.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 66.01307189542483%.

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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