What is the most common complaint against Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC?

The most common issue consumers report about Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Sued you without properly notifying you of lawsuit". This is based on 165 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC have been stable. The company received 39 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC's reputation grade?

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC has a reputation grade of D (score: 54.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC respond to consumer complaints?

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 30% of cases.

In how many states does Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC operate?

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 13 states, with the most complaints from Maryland (61 complaints).

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

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 13 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

38
Attempts to collect debt not owed

36
Written notification about debt

29
False statements or representation

26
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

9
Disclosure verification of debt

8

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record lyons-doughty-veldhuis-pc Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC

Grade D · 165 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #620 · compose #3511

VOL 165
GRADE D
12MO 39
STATES 13
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 30%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #620
COMPOSE #3,511

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: United Consumers Inc (166 complaints)

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

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC's 165 CFPB complaints sit next to United Consumers 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

37.0% of Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC's CFPB filings land in Maryland

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC is volume #620 but composite #3,511, while Maryland dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Maryland 37.0%; 61 of 165 filings · 13 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-11 10.9%; 8–15% band · 7 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #620 volume; #3,511 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,891 places worse than volume

How does Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC compare to its peers?

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

Lyons, Doughty & Veldh… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

99%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

30%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-02 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	38
Attempts to collect debt not owed	36
Written notification about debt	29
False statements or representation	26
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	9
Disclosure verification of debt	8
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	7
Communication tactics	6
Taking/threatening an illegal action	6

Where do complaints against Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC come from?

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Maryland

61
New Jersey

52
Ohio

21
Delaware

20
Arizona

1
California

1
District of Columbia

1
Florida

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC: 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: 165.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 100%.

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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