Fabian M. Nehrbass

Fabian M. Nehrbass is a registered patent attorney with Garvey, Smith & Nehrbass who practices across Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets. Nehrbass advises clients on intellectual property protection and brings both scientific education and litigation experience to the practice. His work sits at the intersection of law, technology, and business, helping inventors and companies evaluate rights, protection strategies, and disputes involving valuable intellectual assets.

Nehrbass earned a J.D./D.C.L. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, graduating magna cum laude and earning election to the Order of the Coif. He also earned a B.S. in Biology, a B.A. in Political Science, and a minor in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His technical education supports patent work that requires understanding scientific concepts as well as legal standards.

Nehrbass participated in the Louisiana Law Review and completed externships with a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Louisiana. Before joining his intellectual property firm, he worked in defense litigation at King, Krebs & Jurgens. That background adds courtroom and dispute experience to his patent and intellectual property counseling work.

Fabian M. Nehrbass is admitted in Louisiana and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is also admitted in the Fifth Circuit and the federal district courts in Louisiana. His combination of legal training, scientific education, and litigation experience supports a broad intellectual property practice focused on protecting inventions, brands, creative works, confidential know-how, and other business assets.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Garvey, Smith & Nehrbass, Patent Attorneys, L.L.C.
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Louisiana

Education

• Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
  J.D./D.C.L.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biology, Minor in Chemistry
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science

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