Pilar Thomas

Education

• J.D. University of New Mexico School of Law
  2002
  Graduated magna cum laude; Order of the Coif
• B.A. Stanford University
  1983

Admitted to Practice

• Supreme Court of Arizona
• U.S. District Court for District of Arizona
• Federal Court of Claims
• U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Work Experience

• Partner, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Practice Group
  Quarles & Brady LLP, Tucson, Arizona
  2020 - present
• Of Counsel, Regulatory and Government Affairs and Tribal Affairs and Gaming Practice Groups
  Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP, Tucson, Arizona
  2015 - 2020
• Deputy Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
  U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
  2011 - 2014
• Deputy Solicitor - Indian Affairs
  Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
  2009 - 2011
• Of Counsel, Tribal Affairs and Gaming Practice Group
  Lewis and Roca LLP, Tucson, Arizona
  2007 - 2009
• Chief of Staff, Office of the Chairwoman
  Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Tucson, Arizona
  2007
• Deputy Attorney General/Interim Attorney General
  Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Tucson, Arizona
  2005 - 2007
• Trial Attorney, Indian Resources Section
  Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
  2002 - 2005

Organizations

• Board Member and Immediate Past President, Native American Bar Association of Arizona
  2015 – present
• Committee Chair, Native American Resources Committee, ABA SEER
  2019 - 2020
• Trustee at Large, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
  2019 - 2020