Faculty Profile

Susannah Thomas is an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School. Here, she shares her knowledge of and practical insights into the complex world of federal reclamation law and water law, guiding students through the intricacies of federal and state laws governing water and water rights. 

Beyond the academic setting, Professor Thomas is an attorney with the US Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Intermountain Region located in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she has been since June 2003. She primarily represents the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, which encompasses all or parts of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. She also represents the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission and the Central Utah Project Completion Act Office. She specializes in federal reclamation law, matters of state water law and environmental law, and a variety of other land and water issues in both transactional and litigation contexts.

Professor Thomas earned her JD in 2002 and her BA in American Studies in 1998, both from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. She is admitted to the Utah Bar.