What is the most common complaint against Pittenger Law Group, LLC.?

The most common issue consumers report about Pittenger Law Group, LLC. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was result of identity theft". This is based on 16 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Pittenger Law Group, LLC. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Pittenger Law Group, LLC. are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Pittenger Law Group, LLC.'s reputation grade?

Pittenger Law Group, LLC. has a reputation grade of D (score: 50.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Pittenger Law Group, LLC. respond to consumer complaints?

Pittenger Law Group, LLC. has a 40% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Pittenger Law Group, LLC. operate?

Pittenger Law Group, LLC. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from Missouri (9 complaints).

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

Pittenger Law Group, LLC. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

7
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

3
Written notification about debt

2
Taking/threatening an illegal action

2
Communication tactics

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record pittenger-law-group-llc Pittenger Law Group, LLC.

Grade D · 16 CFPB filings · 40% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2097 · compose #4142

VOL 16
GRADE D
12MO 1
STATES 3
TIMELY 40%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,097
COMPOSE #4,142

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Absolute Collections Corp. (16 complaints)

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

Pittenger Law Group, LLC.'s 16 CFPB complaints sit next to Absolute Collections Corp. 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

56.3% of Pittenger Law Group, LLC.'s CFPB filings land in Missouri

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Pittenger Law Group, LLC. is volume #2,097 but composite #4,142, while Missouri dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Missouri 56.3%; 9 of 16 filings · 3 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2024-04 12.1%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,097 volume; #4,142 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,045 places worse than volume

How does Pittenger Law Group, LLC. compare to its peers?

How does Pittenger Law Group, LLC. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Pittenger Law Group, L… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

40%

87%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

70%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2022-06 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	7
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	3
Written notification about debt	2
Taking/threatening an illegal action	2
Communication tactics	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Pittenger Law Group, LLC. come from?

Pittenger Law Group, LLC.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Missouri

9
Kansas

6
Michigan

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Pittenger Law Group, LLC.: 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: 16.

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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