Scott Nehrbass is an experienced trial lawyer, with more than 20 years of experience handling complex commercial litigation for corporate clients from a wide variety of industries. He has tried cases in Kansas state and federal courts, as well as in Missouri and Alabama, and argued appeals before the Tenth Circuit, Kansas Supreme Court and Kansas Court of Appeals. Scott has led Kansas-based trial lawyer organizations, including serving as President of the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel, and he is currently Chair of the Johnson County (Kansas) Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Section. Scott has tried cases before a number of the currently sitting Kansas federal judges and Johnson County, Kansas state court judges, including federal judges Crabtree, Lungstrum, Vratil, Murguia, Robinson, and Melgren, and state court judges Moriarty, Sutherland, Vano, and Mason. He has argued significant matters before these judges, as well as sitting judges Droege, Gurney, and Hauber. During his clerkship with former Kansas federal judge Monti L. Belot, Scott gained considerable courtroom experience and insight into trying a case.

Most recently, Mr. Nehrbass first-chaired an 11-day federal jury trial in which the jury returned a verdict for $12.6 million in favor of Foulston’s client. The Kansas City Business Journal’s coverage of the trial is here. Mr. Nehrbass also recently lead the Foulston team to success in an ERISA class action that was also featured in the Kansas City Business Journal.

Scott enjoys Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest “AV” rating for lawyers and has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^© and the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers^®. Best Lawyers^® named him 2016 Kansas City, KS Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year” and 2013, 2017, and 2020 Kansas City, KS Litigation – Intellectual Property “Lawyer of the Year.” Since 2013, Benchmark Litigation has listed Scott as a “Future Star.” His clients have included household-name companies, such as CVS Pharmacies and The Home Depot, national and regional healthcare organizations, such as RadNet, NueHealth, and Valeo Behavioral Healthcare, and various other regional or Kansas City-based corporations, such as AVIVA USA Corporation, Anderson Erickson Dairy, and American Adoptions.

Education

• University of Kansas (J.D., 1993)
  Order of the Coif; Associate Editor – Kansas Law Review
• University of Kansas (BA in Economics, Political Science, 1989)
  With Distinction

Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court (2002)
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2000)
• U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (1993)
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri (1995)
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (2019)
• Kansas (1993)
• Missouri (1995)