Biography

Vanessa D’Souza is an associate at Garvey, Smith & Nehrbass, where she participates in the preparation and review of U.S., international, and foreign patent and trademark applications, office action responses, litigation pleadings, and other patent and trademark prosecution documents. She was named a Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star in Intellectual Property Law in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Ms. D’Souza received her J.D. from Tulane Law School in 2008, where she was Editor in Chief of the Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property. She also holds a B.S. in neuroscience from Tulane University.