Looking for a consumer/contract attorney who works on contingency — solar lease dispute
Location: San Diego, CA
Hi all — looking for a referral to a consumer protection or contract dispute attorney in San Diego who might take a case on contingency (no upfront retainer).
Short version: I signed a 25-year residential solar lease in 2025. The sales proposal was built around NEM 2.0 program that had actually stopped accepting new customers almost two years before I signed — and it also assumed the wrong utility company serves my address entirely. As a result, my actual solar export credits are running roughly 85–95% below what was projected in the sales proposal.
I've since found out this isn't unique to me — I've compared notes with several neighbors in my subdivision (all built by the same builder, all with proposals from the same solar company) and we're seeing the same pattern across at least a dozen+ households.
I've already done a lot of the legwork myself: documented the tariff/utility mismatch, billing records, a timeline of communications with the company, and filed a CSLB complaint. I'm now looking for an attorney who'd be willing to take this on contingency, ideally someone with experience in consumer fraud, contract disputes, or mass arbitration (the contract has an arbitration clause with a class-action waiver, so I understand this would need to be handled as coordinated individual claims rather than a single lawsuit).
If you've worked with someone in San Diego for a similar issue — solar, contractor disputes, consumer fraud — or if you're an attorney who'd be open to hearing more, please let me know.
Thanks!