What is the most common complaint against Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 22 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC's reputation grade?

Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC has a reputation grade of F (score: 45.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC has a 68% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC operate?

Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 13 states, with the most complaints from Arizona (5 complaints).

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

Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 13 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

11
False statements or representation

5
Communication tactics

5
Written notification about debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record smith-cohen-rosenberg-llc Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC

Grade F · 22 CFPB filings · 68% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1819 · compose #4577

VOL 22
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 13
TIMELY 68%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,819
COMPOSE #4,577

Volume peers

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

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

Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC'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 →

Steady monthly series

Arizona is the plurality state for Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC (22.7%)

Volume rank #1,819 and composite rank #4,577 diverge by 2,758 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Arizona 22.7%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 13 states with ≥1 filing
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2020-08 at 7.7% (1 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,819 volume; #4,577 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,758 places worse than volume

How does Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC compare to its peers?

How does Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg 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

Smith, Cohen & Rosenbe… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

68%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2020-08 2025-09

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	11
False statements or representation	5
Communication tactics	5
Written notification about debt	1

Where do complaints against Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC come from?

Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Arizona

5
Maryland

4
North Carolina

2
Washington

2
Colorado

1
Connecticut

1
Delaware

1
Illinois

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Smith, Cohen & Rosenberg 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: 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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