What is the most common complaint against Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S?

The most common issue consumers report about Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Didn't receive enough information to verify debt". This is based on 263 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S have been stable. The company received 48 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S's reputation grade?

Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S respond to consumer complaints?

Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S has a 92% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 21% of cases.

In how many states does Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S operate?

Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 14 states, with the most complaints from California (96 complaints).

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

Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 14 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

67
Attempts to collect debt not owed

62
False statements or representation

38
Written notification about debt

36
Disclosure verification of debt

19
Taking/threatening an illegal action

14

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record suttell-hammer-white-ps Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S

Grade D · 263 CFPB filings · 92% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #434 · compose #3852

VOL 263
GRADE D
12MO 48
STATES 14
TIMELY 92%
DISPUTE 21%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #434
COMPOSE #3,852

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Account Resolution Corporation (263 complaints)

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

Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S's 263 CFPB complaints sit next to Account Resolution Corporation 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

36.5% of Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S is volume #434 but composite #3,852, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 36.5%; 96 of 263 filings · 14 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-07 9.8%; 8–15% band · 5 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #434 volume; #3,852 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,418 places worse than volume

How does Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S compare to its peers?

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

Suttell, Hammer & Whit… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

92%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

21%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-06 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	67
Attempts to collect debt not owed	62
False statements or representation	38
Written notification about debt	36
Disclosure verification of debt	19
Taking/threatening an illegal action	14
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	13
Communication tactics	7
Improper contact or sharing of info	4
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2

Where do complaints against Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S come from?

Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

96
Washington

79
Oregon

36
Massachusetts

10
Texas

10
Colorado

8
Alaska

6
Idaho

5

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Suttell, Hammer & White, P.S: 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: 263.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 91.90283400809717%.

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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