Daniel R. Pearson

Daniel R. Pearson is a principal at Caldwell Cassady & Curry who focuses on complex commercial litigation and patent infringement disputes. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Mr. Pearson’s legal track record includes extensive work in patent, trademark, trade secret, business tort, contract, class action, and co-founder disputes. He has helped secure multiple multimillion-dollar verdicts as a member of various trial teams. His experience covers the entire spectrum of litigation, including pre-suit investigation, developing case strategy, securing evidence for claims, working with expert witnesses, taking adverse depositions of key witnesses (both fact and expert), pre-trial disputes, dispositive motions, trial, appeal, and executing judgments.

Based on his work for his clients, Mr. Pearson has been recognized as one of the top young lawyers in the state since 2014 on the annual Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list published by Thomson Reuters legal division.

Mr. Pearson is licensed to practice before all Texas state courts and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.

Mr. Pearson has played a key role in a variety of patent disputes, including technology related to video conferencing, dating applications, electronic checking transfers, dynamically configurable computer processors, embedding interactive objects in web pages, methods for improving the speed and efficiency of web servers, systems for facilitating the creation of secure communication links, and systems related to fighting data piracy.

Prior to the formation of Caldwell Cassady & Curry, he represented a wide range of clients at McKool Smith across a variety of industries, including contract disputes related to purchasing private jets, publishing best-selling novels, selling auction rate securities, non-payment of wages, and developing real estate related to The Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Mr. Pearson is a magna cum laude graduate of Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. While in law school, he was one of six students selected in his entering class to receive the prestigious Hatton W. Sumners Foundation Scholarship in recognition of academic achievement, commitment to civic duty, and leadership.