What is the most common complaint against Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP?

The most common issue consumers report about Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 825 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP are falling. The company received 105 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP's reputation grade?

Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP has a reputation grade of D (score: 53.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP respond to consumer complaints?

Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 17% of cases.

In how many states does Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP operate?

Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 48 states, with the most complaints from Texas (100 complaints).

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

Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 48 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

265
False statements or representation

163
Written notification about debt

123
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

89
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

70
Communication tactics

49

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record linebarger-goggan-blair-sampson-llp Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP

Grade D · 825 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #178 · compose #3608

VOL 825
GRADE D
12MO 105
STATES 48
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 17%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #178
COMPOSE #3,608

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Army and Air Force Exchange Service (832 complaints)

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

Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP's 825 CFPB complaints sit next to Army and Air Force Exchange Service 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 →

Distributed filing map

Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP spreads filings across 48 states - Texas leads at only 12.1%

Despite a broad state map, Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP still sits volume #178 against composite #3,608 - the two RankMaps diverge by 3,430 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Texas still leads at 12.1% across 48 states
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2025-11 at 7.9% (34 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #178 volume; #3,608 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,430 places worse than volume

How does Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP compare to its peers?

How does Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Linebarger Goggan Blai… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

105

272

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

17%

31%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-04 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	265
False statements or representation	163
Written notification about debt	123
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	89
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	70
Communication tactics	49
Disclosure verification of debt	33
Taking/threatening an illegal action	17
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	9
Improper contact or sharing of info	6

Where do complaints against Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP come from?

Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

100
Florida

97
California

96
Colorado

66
Illinois

40
New York

34
New Jersey

33
Virginia

33

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP: 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: 825.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.62640099626401%.

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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