TAMPA, FL – JD Supra has named Carlton Fields’ Ann Young Black, Kenneth Cesta, Nathaniel Foell, and David Karp as top authors in its 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards. Karp and Foell were recognized in the class action category, Black in insurance, and Cesta was recognized as the top author in alternative dispute resolution. The authors were selected based on the consistently high readership and engagement of their thought leadership articles throughout 2024.
Black, who co-chairs Carlton Fields’ Life, Annuity, and Retirement Solutions Industry Group, writes regularly on topics of interest to the life insurance industry. The firm compiles its thought leadership in Expect Focus, a review of developments in the life insurance and financial services industry.
Cesta writes regularly on topics of interest in the insurance industry, which the firm compiles in its Reinsurance Focus blog covering reinsurance and arbitration legal issues.
Foell and Karp regularly write on notable class action decisions from federal appellate courts and notable U.S. Supreme Court class action cert petitions. These articles are a part of the firm’s Classified: The Class Action Blog.
The Readers’ Choice Awards recognize top authors and firms read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media, and other professionals across the JD Supra platform during 2024. Less than one percent of JD Supra authors receive this award each year, covering 31 cross-industry topics.
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