What is the most common complaint against The McHughes Law Firm, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about The McHughes Law Firm, LLC is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Contacted your employer". This is based on 14 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against The McHughes Law Firm, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against The McHughes Law Firm, LLC are falling. The company received 2 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is The McHughes Law Firm, LLC's reputation grade?

The McHughes Law Firm, LLC has a reputation grade of C (score: 59.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does The McHughes Law Firm, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

The McHughes Law Firm, LLC has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 50% of cases.

In how many states does The McHughes Law Firm, LLC operate?

The McHughes Law Firm, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from Arkansas (12 complaints).

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

The McHughes Law Firm, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

4
False statements or representation

3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

3
Written notification about debt

1
Communication tactics

1
Improper contact or sharing of info

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record the-mchughes-law-firm-llc The McHughes Law Firm, LLC

Grade C · 14 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #2226 · compose #2452

VOL 14
GRADE C
12MO 2
STATES 3
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 50%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #2,226
COMPOSE #2,452

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed) (14 complaints)

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

The McHughes Law Firm, LLC's 14 CFPB complaints sit next to 4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed) 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

85.7% of The McHughes Law Firm, LLC's CFPB filings land in Arkansas

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

Dominant state: Arkansas 85.7%; 12 of 14 filings · 3 states touched
Spike month: 2022-04 33.3%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks: #2,226 volume; #2,452 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does The McHughes Law Firm, LLC compare to its peers?

How does The McHughes Law Firm, 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 McHughes Law Firm,… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

92%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

50%

25%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2022-04 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	4
False statements or representation	3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3
Written notification about debt	1
Communication tactics	1
Improper contact or sharing of info	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against The McHughes Law Firm, LLC come from?

The McHughes Law Firm, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Arkansas

12
North Carolina

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for The McHughes Law Firm, 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: 14.

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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