What is the most common complaint against The Rickel Law Firm, P.C.?

The most common issue consumers report about The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. is "Written notification about debt", specifically "Didn't receive notice of right to dispute". This is based on 5 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. are rising. The company received 2 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is The Rickel Law Firm, P.C.'s reputation grade?

The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. has a reputation grade of B (score: 67.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. respond to consumer complaints?

The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. operate?

The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 4 states, with the most complaints from Hawaii (2 complaints).

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

The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 4 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Written notification about debt

2
False statements or representation

2
Attempts to collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record the-rickel-law-firm-pc The Rickel Law Firm, P.C.

Grade B · 5 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Written notification about debt · vol #3246 · compose #1539

VOL 5
GRADE B
12MO 2
STATES 4
TIMELY 100%
ISSUE Written notification about…
RANK #3,246
COMPOSE #1,539

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Aaron Worldwide Collections Inc. (5 complaints)

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

The Rickel Law Firm, P.C.'s 5 CFPB complaints sit next to Aaron Worldwide Collections Inc. 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

40.0% of The Rickel Law Firm, P.C.'s CFPB filings land in Hawaii

High volume does not equal a clean composite: The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. is volume #3,246 but composite #1,539, while Hawaii dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Hawaii 40.0%; 2 of 5 filings · 4 states touched
Spike month: 2017-06 16.7%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #3,246 volume; #1,539 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,707 places better than volume

How does The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. compare to its peers?

How does The Rickel Law Firm, 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

The Rickel Law Firm, P… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2017-06 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Written notification about debt	2
False statements or representation	2
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against The Rickel Law Firm, P.C. come from?

The Rickel Law Firm, P.C.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Hawaii

2
California

1
Missouri

1
Virginia

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for The Rickel Law Firm, 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: 5.

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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