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

CFPB complaint data Grade B 4 complaints

The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 4 states, reputation grade B.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record the-law-firm-of-ryan-e-calef-and-associates-llc The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC

Grade B · 4 CFPB filings · 50% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

  • VOL 4
  • GRADE B
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 4
  • TIMELY 50%
  • DISPUTE 0%
  • ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
  • RANK #3,522
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 90 Day Credit Experts (4 complaints)

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

The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC's 4 CFPB complaints sit next to 90 Day Credit Experts 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 →

How the 4 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

B
Composite reputation score
63.5/100
The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume B
4
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response C
50%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
0%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Filing geometry

Illinois is the plurality state for The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC (25.0%)

Figures below come from this collector's company_states / company_monthly rows and corpus RankMaps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state
Illinois 25.0%
Mid-band (15–30%) · 4 states with ≥1 filing
Seasonal peak
2017-06 12.5%
8–15% band · 1 filings
Corpus ranks
#3,522 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC compare to its peers?

How does The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, 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
The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
50%
25%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
0%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC's complaint volume in context

The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

4 35th percentile higher than 35% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2017-06 2025-09

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
3
Taking/threatening an illegal action
1

Where do complaints against The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC come from?

The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, LLC

Across 4 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for The Law Firm of Ryan E. Calef and Associates, 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: 4.

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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