Thomas A. Hine, of Counsel

Tom Hine began his law career with the Department of Interior in Washington, D.C. in the area of natural resources law. He moved to southern Nevada as Field Solicitor advising the Bureau of Reclamation on water, power, and administrative law matters. He then became General Counsel of the Western Area Power Administration where he was in charge of all legal services for a federal electric utility agency. He served for ten years as the Area Manager of the Phoenix office of Western Area Power and retired at the beginning of 1994.

Mr. Hine's areas of expertise are electric power law, water law, and environmental law. Mr. Hine was born in New York City, moved to Colorado in 1954, lived in various places in the west, arriving in Arizona in 1990. Mr. Hine obtained a B.A. from the University of Colorado in English literature, M.A. from the University of Denver in medieval history, and a J.D. from the University of Denver.