What is the most common complaint against Malen & Associates, p.c.?

The most common issue consumers report about Malen & Associates, p.c. is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Didn't receive enough information to verify debt". This is based on 95 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Malen & Associates, p.c. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Malen & Associates, p.c. have been stable. The company received 20 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Malen & Associates, p.c.'s reputation grade?

Malen & Associates, p.c. has a reputation grade of D (score: 55.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Malen & Associates, p.c. respond to consumer complaints?

Malen & Associates, p.c. has a 88% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 15% of cases.

In how many states does Malen & Associates, p.c. operate?

Malen & Associates, p.c. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 5 states, with the most complaints from New York (89 complaints).

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

Malen & Associates, p.c. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

32
Written notification about debt

19
Attempts to collect debt not owed

12
False statements or representation

10
Communication tactics

7
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

5

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record malen-associates-pc Malen & Associates, p.c.

Grade D · 95 CFPB filings · 88% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #838 · compose #3325

VOL 95
GRADE D
12MO 20
STATES 5
TIMELY 88%
DISPUTE 15%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #838
COMPOSE #3,325

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Advance Bureau of Collections (95 complaints)

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

Malen & Associates, p.c.'s 95 CFPB complaints sit next to Advance Bureau of Collections 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

93.7% of Malen & Associates, p.c.'s CFPB filings land in New York

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Malen & Associates, p.c. is volume #838 but composite #3,325, while New York dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: New York 93.7%; 89 of 95 filings · 5 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2014-04 11.4%; 8–15% band · 10 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #838 volume; #3,325 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,487 places worse than volume

How does Malen & Associates, p.c. compare to its peers?

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

Malen & Associates, p.… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

88%

85%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

15%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-02 2019-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	32
Written notification about debt	19
Attempts to collect debt not owed	12
False statements or representation	10
Communication tactics	7
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	5
Improper contact or sharing of info	3
Taking/threatening an illegal action	3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Disclosure verification of debt	1

Where do complaints against Malen & Associates, p.c. come from?

Malen & Associates, p.c.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New York

89
Pennsylvania

2
California

1
Tennessee

1
Virginia

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Malen & Associates, p.c.: 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: 95.

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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