What is the most common complaint against Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law?

The most common issue consumers report about Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law is "Improper contact or sharing of info", specifically "Talked to a third party about my debt". This is based on 38 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law's reputation grade?

Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law has a reputation grade of F (score: 36.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law respond to consumer complaints?

Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law has a 32% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 24% of cases.

In how many states does Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law operate?

Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 16 states, with the most complaints from California (9 complaints).

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

Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 16 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Improper contact or sharing of info

12
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

9
Taking/threatening an illegal action

7
False statements or representation

5
Communication tactics

5

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record russell-w-richardson-attorney-at-law Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law

Grade F · 38 CFPB filings · 32% timely · lead issue: Improper contact or sharing of info · vol #1384 · compose #5082

VOL 38
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 16
TIMELY 32%
DISPUTE 24%
ISSUE Improper contact or sharin…
RANK #1,384
COMPOSE #5,082

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accelerated Receivables Solutions (38 complaints)

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

Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law's 38 CFPB complaints sit next to Accelerated Receivables Solutions 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 →

Spiky monthly series

California is the plurality state for Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law (23.7%)

The 2025-08 spike coincides with a 3,698-place gap between volume rank #1,384 and composite #5,082. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: California 23.7%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 16 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2025-08 20.8%; 5 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,384 volume; #5,082 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,698 places worse than volume

How does Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law compare to its peers?

How does Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Russell W Richardson, … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

32%

79%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

24%

17%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-03 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Improper contact or sharing of info	12
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	9
Taking/threatening an illegal action	7
False statements or representation	5
Communication tactics	5

Where do complaints against Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law come from?

Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

9
Ohio

4
Texas

4
Georgia

3
Indiana

3
Florida

2
Maryland

2
Missouri

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Russell W Richardson, Attorney at Law: 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: 38.

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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