What is the most common complaint against Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law?

The most common issue consumers report about Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was paid". This is based on 2 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law's reputation grade?

Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law has a reputation grade of A (score: 87.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law respond to consumer complaints?

Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law operate?

Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 1 states, with the most complaints from Illinois (2 complaints).

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

Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 1 states, reputation grade A.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record lucie-scalf-sutton-bougher-attorney-at-law Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law

Grade A · 2 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #4187 · compose #138

VOL 2
GRADE A
12MO 0
STATES 1
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #4,187
COMPOSE #138

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 1 Auto Finance, Inc. (2 complaints)

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

Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law's 2 CFPB complaints sit next to 1 Auto Finance, Inc. 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

100.0% of Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law's CFPB filings land in Illinois

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law is volume #4,187 but composite #138, while Illinois dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Illinois 100.0%; 2 of 2 filings · 1 states touched
Spike month: 2018-09 16.7%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #4,187 volume; #138 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 4,049 places better than volume

How does Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law compare to its peers?

How does Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Lucie, Scalf, Sutton &… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-09 2022-12

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law come from?

Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Illinois

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Lucie, Scalf, Sutton & Bougher, Attorney At Law: 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: 2.

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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