CFPB · Single-product concentration
Five Lakes Law Group PLLC
56 CFPB complaints · 89.3% in "Debt or credit management" · top issue Charged upfront or unexpected fees.
Five Lakes Law Group PLLC: 89.3% of 56 CFPB complaints sit in "Debt or credit management". Timely 66.1% · relief 0%. Allegations, not findings.
- Single-product concentration
- +150% filings 2024 to 2026
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company five-lakes-law-group-pllc
0% relief · 66.1% timely · 56 filings · Debt or credit management
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: National Debt Relief LLC (0% relief)
Five Lakes Law Group PLLC closes 0% with relief, below the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
Most of Five Lakes Law Group PLLC's 56 filings include narrative text
51.8% carry a written consumer narrative, this ledger is unusually text-rich for a CFPB company page. Counts still add to the company's total filings; narrative presence is not a severity finding.
CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.
Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Five Lakes Law Group PLLC complaint mix by product
- Debt or 50 89.3% – 0% relief
- Debt collection 5 8.9% – 0% relief
- Checking or 1 1.8% – 0% relief
How Five Lakes Law Group PLLC's 56 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Debt or credit management | 50 |
| Debt collection | 5 |
| Checking or savings account | 1 |
Where Five Lakes Law Group PLLC complaints are filed
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- IL
- 25% of this company's filings
Five Lakes Law Group PLLC rising annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2026
- 25
- +150% vs 2024
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| IL | 14 |
| GA | 12 |
| VA | 11 |
| NJ | 5 |
| OH | 4 |
| KS | 3 |
| CT | 2 |
| WV | 2 |
| SC | 2 |
| KY | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Charged upfront or unexpected fees | 19 |
| Didn't provide services promised | 15 |
| Unauthorized withdrawals or charges | 8 |
| Confusing or missing disclosures | 4 |
| Confusing or misleading advertising or marketing | 3 |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | 2 |
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | 2 |
| Problem with a lender or other company charging your account | 1 |
| False statements or representation | 1 |
| Problem with customer service | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | 10% |
| 2025 | 21 | 81% |
| 2026 | 25 | 76% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Five Lakes Law Group PLLC filings cluster in one product
Five Lakes Law Group PLLC's 56 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 10 states show a filing. 51.8% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2024 through 2026-06-04.
Five Lakes Law Group PLLC answers 66.1% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 92.9% with a written explanation. 0% end in monetary or non-monetary relief for the consumer. Consumers disputed just 0% of responses after the company replied. "Debt or credit management" draws the most filings, most often for "Charged upfront or unexpected fees."
A complaint is a consumer-reported allegation, not proven wrongdoing. See the disclaimer below for how volume relates to company size, and cross-check against the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database directly before drawing conclusions about Five Lakes Law Group PLLC.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Five Lakes Law Group PLLC: nearest filing volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among companies with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.
Similar filing volume
Nearest companies by total CFPB complaints. This record: 56.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 66.1%.
Disclaimer: This data is from CFPB public records. PlainComplaint does not provide financial advice. A complaint does not indicate that a company has violated any law or regulation. Complaint volumes are influenced by company size, customer base, and market presence. Use this data as one of many inputs when evaluating a company.
Data sourced from official public datasets for Five Lakes Law Group PLLC (66.1% timely; 0% relief). methodology.
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