Caldwell Cassady & Curry: The Dallas Trial Boutique With $2.5 Billion in Patent Verdicts and Settlements

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At a Glance

Origin & Founder History

Caldwell Cassady & Curry was founded in 2013 by Brad Caldwell, Jason Cassady, and J. Austin Curry as a Dallas trial boutique focused exclusively on patent infringement disputes and complex commercial litigation. The firm’s single U.S. office sits in the Northern District of Texas, deliberately positioned in close proximity to the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas — three of the country’s most active patent litigation venues.

Practice Concentration

The firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes patent litigation involving electrical engineering and computer science technologies, along with related trade secret, fiduciary duty, and founder-dispute matters. Curry has developed particular expertise in the historical underpinnings of injunctive relief standards in patent cases, applying 18th-century English Chancery Court practice to modern patent injunction disputes — a niche legal specialty that one leading IP publication said may “fundamentally reshape patent litigation.”

Track Record

The firm’s trial team has won more than $2.5 billion in verdicts and settlements since its 2013 founding, with client wins against Apple, Johnson & Johnson, Samsung, Microsoft, Google, and Boston Scientific, among others. In 2025, the firm secured a $57 million patent infringement verdict for Midwest Energy Emissions Corp., a $22.4 million verdict for SVV Technology Innovations against ASUSTeK, and a $10.3 million verdict for SVV against Acer — three separate courtroom wins in a single year. Curry successfully defended World Programming Limited, YUM! Brands, Luminex Software, Pizza Hut, and Shaw Industries Group in a decade-long copyright and patent dispute brought by SAS Institute, obtaining a complete defense victory dismissed with prejudice on the eve of trial.

Client Voice

A client interviewed for the 2024 IAM Patent 1000 rankings described the firm as one that “perfectly blends its expertise and talents to provide a high-quality service,” calling it “one of the very best patent litigation boutiques in the country” capable of competing with much larger firms. This is a third-party, independently gathered assessment rather than firm-authored marketing copy.

Beyond the Courtroom

Curry earned Board Certification in Patent Litigation from the National Board of Trial Advocacy in 2022. The firm has been recognized by Law360 as one of 10 national boutique practices with “established brands on par with the biggest firms,” and its attorneys have earned individual recognition on the Texas Rising Stars list and Law360’s national IP “Rising Stars Under 40” list.

Recognition

The firm’s principals have earned individual selections in the 2024 IAM Patent 1000 rankings, Chambers USA rankings for intellectual property disputes, and Best Lawyers’ highest-tier “Best Law Firms” recognition. Curry’s National Board of Trial Advocacy Patent Litigation certification is a genuine, independently administered board certification, appropriately described as such — distinct from a Texas Board of Legal Specialization credential, which Awesome Attorneys did not locate for the firm’s principals.

Texas Legal Backdrop

The firm’s Dallas office positions it strategically near three of the busiest patent litigation venues in the country — the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas — each of which has developed specialized local patent rules and, in some divisions, patent-experienced judges under the federal Patent Pilot Program. None of this is legal advice; parties evaluating patent litigation venue and counsel should understand that patent cases proceed entirely under federal law regardless of where they are filed within Texas.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

The firm’s genuine differentiator is a rare combination for a boutique of its size: more than $2.5 billion in verdicts and settlements against some of the largest technology companies in the world, achieved by a firm small enough that clients get direct principal-level attention rather than being handed to junior associates. The honest trade-off is that a trial boutique of this caliber, regularly squaring off against the largest firms in the country on billion-dollar disputes, is built for high-stakes commercial patent litigation — a small inventor or early-stage startup with a modest, low-value dispute may find a better fee-to-matter fit at a smaller general-practice IP firm.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was compiled from the firm’s own website (caldwellcc.com), Best Lawyers’ published firm and individual attorney profiles, PR Newswire’s coverage of the firm’s verdicts and rankings, Chambers and Partners USA’s firm profile, and the National Board of Trial Advocacy’s published certification announcement for Austin Curry.

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