What is the most common complaint against Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A.?

The most common issue consumers report about Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Threatened to sue you for very old debt". This is based on 22 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A.'s reputation grade?

Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. has a reputation grade of D (score: 53.4/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. respond to consumer complaints?

Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. has a 90% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 50% of cases.

In how many states does Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. operate?

Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 8 states, with the most complaints from Kansas (9 complaints).

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

Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 8 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

8
Written notification about debt

4
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

4
Attempts to collect debt not owed

2
False statements or representation

2
Disclosure verification of debt

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record newman-hesse-associates-p-a Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A.

Grade D · 22 CFPB filings · 90% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #1810 · compose #3664

VOL 22
GRADE D
12MO 1
STATES 8
TIMELY 90%
DISPUTE 50%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #1,810
COMPOSE #3,664

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Abrahamsen Ratchford, P.C (22 complaints)

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

Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A.'s 22 CFPB complaints sit next to Abrahamsen Ratchford, P.C 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

40.9% of Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A.'s CFPB filings land in Kansas

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. is volume #1,810 but composite #3,664, while Kansas dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Kansas 40.9%; 9 of 22 filings · 8 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2015-09 13.0%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,810 volume; #3,664 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,854 places worse than volume

How does Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. compare to its peers?

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

Newman, Hesse & Associ… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

90%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

50%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2013-12 2025-09

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	8
Written notification about debt	4
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	4
Attempts to collect debt not owed	2
False statements or representation	2
Disclosure verification of debt	2

Where do complaints against Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A. come from?

Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Kansas

9
Texas

5
Illinois

2
Oklahoma

2
Arizona

1
California

1
Missouri

1
Washington

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Newman, Hesse & Associates, P. A.: 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: 22.

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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