Caldwell Cassady & Curry Sponsoring SMU Lyle School of Engineering Lecture Series

DALLAS, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas-based intellectual property and business litigation law firm Caldwell Cassady & Curry is proud to announce the firm's sponsorship of the Distinguished Lecture Series in Engineering Entrepreneurship presented by the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University.

Caldwell Cassady & Curry is the lone sponsor for the year-long series, which will feature four separate presentations during the spring and fall semesters. The guest lecturers will focus on important and timely topics aimed at helping current and future engineers become successful entrepreneurs.

The first lecture on March 26 is by Eric Swanson, the co-founder or founding board member of five different start-up companies. A current board of directors member for Acacia Communications, Nine Point Medical, and Curata, he is the founding editor of OCTNews.org.

"Optical Coherence Tomography: A View on the Translation from Healthcare Idea to Healthcare Impact," will focus on how a group of scientists, engineers, clinicians, entrepreneurs and others in the biomedical optics industry came together to transform an idea into a significant healthcare benefit for patients.

The second lecture from Bob Paluck is set for April 24. Paluck is the founder and managing director of CenterPoint Ventures, a $425 million venture capital fund based in Austin and Dallas that has provided funding for more than 50 start-up companies. "How the Game is Played: What Works and What Doesn't in Starting Up Companies" will focus on innovative ideas and product development during the early growth stage for new companies.

Caldwell Cassady & Curry's Austin Curry, a graduate of SMU's Lyle School of Engineering, says his firm is committed to helping the next generation of entrepreneurial engineers.

"We are excited to partner with Lyle on this lecture series," he says. "Engineering and entrepreneurship are deeply intertwined, but that's often overlooked by other universities. Lyle deserves a lot of credit for providing students with excellent resources like this beyond their engineering education."

The series is designed for engineering students, faculty, early entrepreneurs, and members of the university community with an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for technological innovation. Both events are at 6 p.m. in the Huitt-Zollars Pavilion, located in the Embrey Engineering Building on the SMU Campus. Admission is free. For more information and to register, visit Lyle's website.

Caldwell Cassady & Curry represents companies and individuals in high-stakes civil litigation, including patent infringement cases, trade secrets claims, 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, visit www.caldwellcc.com.

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

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