What is the most common complaint against Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A.?

The most common issue consumers report about Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Didn't receive enough information to verify debt". This is based on 95 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. are falling. The company received 10 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A.'s reputation grade?

Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. has a reputation grade of D (score: 50.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. respond to consumer complaints?

Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. has a 70% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 7% of cases.

In how many states does Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. operate?

Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 19 states, with the most complaints from Michigan (28 complaints).

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

Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 19 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

31
Written notification about debt

20
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

10
Communication tactics

10
False statements or representation

8
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

6

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record scheer-green-burke-lpa Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A.

Grade D · 95 CFPB filings · 70% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #839 · compose #4127

VOL 95
GRADE D
12MO 10
STATES 19
TIMELY 70%
DISPUTE 7%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #839
COMPOSE #4,127

Volume peers

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

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

Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A.'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 →

Steady monthly series

Michigan is the plurality state for Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. (29.5%)

Volume rank #839 and composite rank #4,127 diverge by 3,288 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Michigan 29.5%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 19 states with ≥1 filing
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2025-04 at 7.3% (13 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #839 volume; #4,127 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,288 places worse than volume

How does Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. compare to its peers?

How does Scheer, Green & Burke L.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

Scheer, Green & Burke … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

70%

88%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

15%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-02 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	31
Written notification about debt	20
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	10
Communication tactics	10
False statements or representation	8
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	6
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	5
Disclosure verification of debt	3
Improper contact or sharing of info	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A. come from?

Scheer, Green & Burke L.P.A.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Michigan

28
Ohio

20
Texas

10
Tennessee

7
North Carolina

5
Louisiana

4
Mississippi

3
California

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Scheer, Green & Burke L.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: 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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