David Smyth, a partner in the Raleigh office of Brooks Pierce, has been recognized as a JD Supra Top Author in the 2016 JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards. The awards acknowledge the most-read authors across the JD Supra platform, which reached thousands of C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media, and other professionals during 2015.
Smyth was one of 200 authors selected from among 34,000 published authors for the level of visibility and engagement he attained with readers in the investment management sector. Additionally, Smyth's article, "SEC Issues Risk Alert, Smacks E*Trade on Penny Stock Sales," was the most popular post in 2015 with investment management professionals.
"That is very funny," Smyth said. "I generally assume nobody reads these things, and I genuinely hope my friend at E*Trade didn't read this one, because he's a good guy and I didn't mean to beat up on them."
JD Supra delivers legal and business content from the nation's top lawyers to professionals in all industries via social feeds, mobile platforms and the web. The aggregate provides firms with competitive insights and market intelligence derived from the thousands of articles read daily across the platform.
JD Supra Readers' Choice award recipients are the top thought leaders among readers from 16 different industries and 10 key, cross-industry topics, including cybersecurity, compliance and employer liability.
David Smyth is a skilled litigator who represents corporations and individuals facing federal and state investigations and in complex litigation. He has contributed his expertise on corporate compliance, whistleblower issues and data security to articles features in Law360, The Triad Business Journal and Pharmaceutical Compliance Monitor.