What is the most common complaint against Stern & Stern. P.C.?

The most common issue consumers report about Stern & Stern. P.C. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 25 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Stern & Stern. P.C. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Stern & Stern. P.C. are falling. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Stern & Stern. P.C.'s reputation grade?

Stern & Stern. P.C. has a reputation grade of B (score: 62.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Stern & Stern. P.C. respond to consumer complaints?

Stern & Stern. P.C. has a 83% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Stern & Stern. P.C. operate?

Stern & Stern. P.C. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 2 states, with the most complaints from New York (24 complaints).

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

Stern & Stern. P.C. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

12
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

5
False statements or representation

5
Communication tactics

3

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record stern-stern-pc Stern & Stern. P.C.

Grade B · 25 CFPB filings · 83% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1719 · compose #2009

VOL 25
GRADE B
12MO 3
STATES 2
TIMELY 83%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,719
COMPOSE #2,009

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Absolute Credit LLC (25 complaints)

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

Stern & Stern. P.C.'s 25 CFPB complaints sit next to Absolute Credit LLC 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

96.0% of Stern & Stern. P.C.'s CFPB filings land in New York

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: New York 96.0%; 24 of 25 filings · 2 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2024-11 8.3%; 8–15% band · 11 filings
Corpus ranks: #1,719 volume; #2,009 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does Stern & Stern. P.C. compare to its peers?

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

Stern & Stern. P.C. National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

83%

21%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

18%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-04 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	12
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	5
False statements or representation	5
Communication tactics	3

Where do complaints against Stern & Stern. P.C. come from?

Stern & Stern. P.C.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New York

24
Florida

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Stern & Stern. P.C.: 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: 25.

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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