Solar Fraud 101 eCourse

Andrew Connor is the founder of Connor Law and focuses his practice on consumer law and construction defect cases. His consumer clients include victims of timeshare scams, solar panel fraud, and other unfair trade practices. He also represents individual homeowners and property associations in cases involving construction defects. Prior to starting Connor Law, Andrew was a partner at a nationally ranked corporate defense firm. During that time, he defended large corporations in complex litigation including class actions, consumer claims, and construction defect litigation. Now, Andrew uses that experience to represent individual consumers and homeowners and protect their interests in the face of bad corporate conduct and defective construction.

Lisa Considine specializes in representing consumers in state and federal consumer protection cases. She has led numerous class actions for consumer fraud victims and has been appointed lead class counsel by several New Jersey Courts. Lisa has successfully represented consumers against major companies, including the world's largest fast-food chain, the country's largest wireless provider, and a leading consumer credit reporting agency. She was also lead counsel in a landmark patients' rights case against the State of New Jersey. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Consumer League of New Jersey, is President of the Worrall F. Mountain Inn of Court, and is a member of the District IIB Ethics Committee. Lisa graduated from Rutgers College and Seton Hall University School of Law.

Mr. Tom Domonoske graduated with honors from Hastings College of Law in 1989 and earned his B.A. from Occidental College in 1985. He practiced law in California before moving to North Carolina to teach at UNC Law School. From 1993 to 1996, he was a legal aid lawyer in Virginia, and then a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School until 2000, while maintaining a small consumer law practice. Since 2000, he has focused on consumer law in Virginia. He was Of Counsel with Dale W. Pittman (1997-2009) and the Legal Aid Justice Center (2009-2016), before joining Consumer Litigation Associates in 2016. He has handled hundreds of consumer law cases and specializes in sales practices, loan originators, finance companies, investors, and state and federal consumer lending regulations.

Sherry Doyle is a Consumer Law Coordinator and staff attorney on the Consumer Team for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. She and her team provide free legal assistance to low-income consumers in Oklahoma experiencing a wide variety of consumer issues including foreclosure, debt collection, bankruptcy, garnishment, repossession, solar panel issues. Sherry received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from the University of Oklahoma and her Master of Education degree from the University of North Texas. Sherry taught for over a decade in the public school system and achieved national board certification before leaving the classroom and attending Oklahoma City University School of Law. After graduation, Sherry opened a solo practice, focusing her practice on litigation helping consumers in Oklahoma.

Sherry joined Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. in April 2021 where she continues to fight for consumers in all areas of consumer protection.

Keith Hagan is a Partner at Hofer Hagan LLP, a consumer rights and commercial litigation firm based out of Indianapolis. Aside from solar issues, he has litigated complex medical billing disputes for the last eight years as well as commercial lending issues (on the side of the little guy). Keith is a regular contributor, speaker, and panelist on issues regarding medical billing defense, FDCPA, UDAP, and other counterclaims. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law, Class of 2008, and the University of Kansas Class of 2001.

Taylor Selby has been in the solar industry for 15 years. He is an owner and Vice President of a successful solar company headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico with over 100 full-time employees. He has overseen the installation of thousands of solar electric systems. He runs the consulting business Solar Expert Witness LLC, committed to ensuring the solar industry operates under a high standard of ethics for its customers. With a master’s degree in Environment & Community from Antioch University and Technical Sales certification from the North American Board of Energy Practitioners (NABCEP), Taylor is a respected professional solar expert who has been involved in over 40 solar cases nationally.

Jacob Subbotin is the Supervising Attorney for the Consumer Protection Team at the Legal Aid Society of San Diego. He and his team provide free legal assistance to low-income clients in San Diego with a wide range of consumer issues. As the Supervising Attorney he oversees staff attorneys handling a variety of cases involving debt collection, medical debt, solar fraud, auto fraud, and bankruptcy issues. His caseload predominantly focuses on issues related to home solicitation sales, including solar systems, home improvements, and even vacuum cleaners.

Rob Treinen has practiced consumer protection law almost exclusively since 1999 when he graduated from University of Minnesota Law School and took his first job at Legal Aid in Gallup, New Mexico.  For the past 13 years, he has run Treinen Law Office in Albuquerque where he is the sole attorney but blessed with a great staff.  He has presented at CLEs across the country on consumer law topics.  In 2016, he graduated from the Trial Lawyers College.  He loves his wife and kid, loves to travel, and still loves his job.  Solar fraud cases are his newest passion, making up about half of his cases for the past few years. 

Margot Saunders is a senior attorney with the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), where she previously served as managing attorney of NCLC’s Washington, D.C. office from 1991 to 2005. Margot has testified before Congress more than two dozen times regarding a wide range of consumer law issues, including predatory mortgage lending, high cost small loans, payments law, electronic commerce, protecting benefits in bank accounts, privacy issues, and robocalls. She was the lead advocate on the passage of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act, led the development of the Treasury Rule protecting exempt benefits from debt collectors, ensured that essential consumer protections were included in the federal E-Sign Act, and spearheaded many other initiatives. In 1991, Margot was the second recipient of NCLC’s Vern Countryman Award.  Margot is a co-author of NCLC’s Consumer Banking and Payments Law, many articles, and a contributing author to several other NCLC manuals. She has served as an expert witness in over 50 consumer cases in more than 20 states, and as a consultant to private attorneys and state and federal enforcement agencies on dozens of cases. Margot authored the 2022 report, Scam Robocalls: Telecom Providers Profit. Prior to joining NCLC, she was the consumer law specialist for North Carolina Legal Services.