What is the most common complaint against Nelson and Kennard, LLP?

The most common issue consumers report about Nelson and Kennard, LLP is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 210 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Nelson and Kennard, LLP increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Nelson and Kennard, LLP have been stable. The company received 44 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Nelson and Kennard, LLP's reputation grade?

Nelson and Kennard, LLP has a reputation grade of D (score: 54.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Nelson and Kennard, LLP respond to consumer complaints?

Nelson and Kennard, LLP has a 98% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 22% of cases.

In how many states does Nelson and Kennard, LLP operate?

Nelson and Kennard, LLP has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 14 states, with the most complaints from California (127 complaints).

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

Nelson and Kennard, LLP - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 14 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

57
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

46
False statements or representation

32
Written notification about debt

19
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

14
Taking/threatening an illegal action

13

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record nelson-and-kennard-llp Nelson and Kennard, LLP

Grade D · 210 CFPB filings · 98% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #510 · compose #3390

VOL 210
GRADE D
12MO 44
STATES 14
TIMELY 98%
DISPUTE 22%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #510
COMPOSE #3,390

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Solidus Group LLC. (210 complaints)

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

Nelson and Kennard, LLP's 210 CFPB complaints sit next to Solidus Group 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 →

State-heavy filing map

60.5% of Nelson and Kennard, LLP's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Nelson and Kennard, LLP is volume #510 but composite #3,390, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 60.5%; 127 of 210 filings · 14 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-12 13.2%; 8–15% band · 9 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #510 volume; #3,390 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,880 places worse than volume

How does Nelson and Kennard, LLP compare to its peers?

How does Nelson and Kennard, 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

Nelson and Kennard, LL… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

98%

73%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

22%

14%

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	57
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	46
False statements or representation	32
Written notification about debt	19
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	14
Taking/threatening an illegal action	13
Communication tactics	11
Disclosure verification of debt	10
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3
Improper contact or sharing of info	3

Where do complaints against Nelson and Kennard, LLP come from?

Nelson and Kennard, LLP's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

127
Colorado

24
Washington

16
Hawaii

11
Idaho

4
Nevada

4
Oregon

4
Arizona

3

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Nelson and Kennard, 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: 210.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 97.95918367346938%.

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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