What is the most common complaint against Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Collected or attempted to collect exempt funds". This is based on 5 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC have been stable. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC's reputation grade?

Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC has a reputation grade of B (score: 67.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC respond to consumer complaints?

Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC operate?

Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 2 states, with the most complaints from North Carolina (4 complaints).

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

Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

3
Attempts to collect debt not owed

1
Written notification about debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record small-small-attorneys-pllc Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC

Grade B · 5 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #3230 · compose #1581

VOL 5
GRADE B
12MO 1
STATES 2
TIMELY 100%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #3,230
COMPOSE #1,581

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Aaron Worldwide Collections Inc. (5 complaints)

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

Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC's 5 CFPB complaints sit next to Aaron Worldwide Collections Inc. 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

80.0% of Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC's CFPB filings land in North Carolina

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC is volume #3,230 but composite #1,581, while North Carolina dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: North Carolina 80.0%; 4 of 5 filings · 2 states touched
Spike month: 2024-06 33.3%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #3,230 volume; #1,581 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,649 places better than volume

How does Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC compare to its peers?

How does Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Small & Small, Attorne… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

60%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-06 2025-11

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	3
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Written notification about debt	1

Where do complaints against Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC come from?

Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

North Carolina

4
Georgia

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Small & Small, Attorneys PLLC: 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: 5.

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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