Dallas Lawyer Brad Caldwell of Caldwell Cassady & Curry Named to Law360's 2017 Rising Stars List

Noted trial attorney earns spot among nation's top intellectual property attorneys

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Jul 20, 2017, 14:45 ET

DALLAS, July 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Following an undefeated year in the courtroom and nearly $1 billion in jury awards for clients, name principal Brad Caldwell of Dallas' Caldwell Cassady & Curry has been named to Law360's 2017 Rising Stars list of the nation's top lawyers under the age of 40.

Mr. Caldwell is one of only five lawyers in the U.S. and the only Texas attorney to be named to the exclusive list in the intellectual property category. Law360's roster of 2017 Rising Stars is based on nominations from readers and an extensive research process conducted by the publication's editorial team.

His selection follows Caldwell Cassady & Curry's recent ranking as the country's #1 firm for plaintiffs' patent litigation in the 2017 edition of the IAM Patent 1000 – The World's Leading Patent Professionals and the 2017 Intellectual Property Litigation Department of the Year in Texas Lawyer newspaper. Click here to learn more about Mr. Caldwell and the other attorneys at Caldwell Cassady & Curry.

Mr. Caldwell led three trial teams to victory during 2016 in a series of intellectual property cases heard in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He and fellow name principals Jason Cassady and Austin Curry helped VirnetX Inc. win two patent infringement awards against Apple Inc. for $625.6 million and $302.4 million. Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Curry also won a $22.1 million award for Cellular Communications Equipment LLC in another trial based on Apple's infringement of CCE's Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network technology patent.

In addition to the successful year in the courtroom, Mr. Caldwell also helped an individual inventor resolve a long-running dispute with his business partners after being wrongly shut out of a multibillion-dollar company he helped create. The firm's negotiation of a significant confidential agreement ended more than six years of federal court litigation.

Caldwell Cassady & Curry represents companies and individuals in high-stakes civil litigation, including patent infringement cases, fiduciary duty cases, class actions, and disputes involving company founders. The firm has tried and won some of the nation's top verdicts against the largest companies in the world.

For more information, contact Bruce Vincent at 214-763-6226 or [email protected].

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