José Bernard Pallais Arana (born c. 1954) is a Nicaraguan jurist and government official. He is a former Deputy Minister of Government and Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua during the administration of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (1990 to 1997). From 2007 to 2012 he was a Deputy in the National Assembly, representing the León department as a member of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC).