On February 23, JD Supra announced the honorees for its 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards – recognizing the top authors and firms who were read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media, and other professionals across the JD Supra platform during 2025. This year, the awards recognize specific authors for their visibility and thought leadership covering 33 key, cross-industry topics (10 authors per category, barring ties) and firms for their visibility and engagement in the 33 topics covered by the awards (one firm per category).

2026 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards

JD Supra Readers Choice Top Author 2026In 2026, Bass, Berry & Sims was honored in the following categories:

Top Authors

Richard Arnholt – Government Contracting
Angela Humphreys – Healthcare, M&A

Top Read Article

Healthcare – Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q2 2025

The Readers’ Choice Awards reflect a deep dive into the platform’s 2025 reader data, studying total visibility and engagement among readers across many industries interested in certain defining topics of the day.

JD Supra editors chose the 33 main topics covered in this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards for their timeliness as well as their proven, ongoing importance. In each category, JD Supra recognized ten authors and one firm for consistently highest readership and engagement within that category for all of 2025. In total, across all categories, JD Supra recognized the excellence and achievement of 342 authors selected from over 70,000 who publish their excellent work on the JD Supra platform.

The full list of 2026 honorees is available here.

About JD Supra

Through the innovative use of technology and curated audiences, JD Supra connects over 70,000 professionals writing on important topics to C-suite executives, in-house counsel, and media members concerned with matters impacting business today. JD Supra also provides firms with competitive insights and market intelligence derived from the thousands of articles being read daily across the platform. For more information, visit resources.jdsupra.com.