Pilar Thomas

Pilar Thomas (Pascua Yaqui) is of counsel at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP in Tucson Arizona, where she provides strategic legal advice to tribal governments and tribal enterprises on energy planning and policy, renewable energy project development and finance; federal and state energy regulatory, programs and policy efforts. Ms. Thomas previously served as the Deputy Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy. Ms. Thomas is also the former Deputy Solicitor for Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior, interim attorney general and chief of staff of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to her law practice, Ms. Thomas worked for fifteen years in the financial services industry for a Fortune 250 company. Ms. Thomas received her J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law, magna cum laude, with a certificate in Indian law, and her B.A. in economics from Stanford University.