919-821-6756
Post Office Box 2611, Raleigh, NC, 27602,
Dana Simpson co-chairs the Government Relations practice at Smith Anderson and regularly represents clients before the North Carolina General Assembly and with State agencies.
Dana advises clients regarding legislative and regulatory advocacy, public relations, issues management, economic development initiatives, ethics, and campaign finance law compliance. Dana has been consistently rated one of the most influential lobbyists in North Carolina by both the nonpartisan N.C. Center for Public Policy Research and The North State Journal.
Prior to law school, Dana served as Special Assistant for Communications and Policy to the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Dana also has experience representing clients on rule-making and administrative law matters. He served as a member of the North Carolina Rules Review Commission from 2003-2006.
5) BDO Government Services, LLC
6) Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&,T North Carolina
8) Blue Ridge Atlantic Development, LLC, d/b/a Blue Ridge Cascade
9) Community Care of North Carolina, Inc.
10) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
11) DaVita, Inc.
13) Duke Energy Business Services LLC
14) Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, Inc.
15) First Flight Venture Center, Inc.
16) FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc.
19) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA
20) Granville County
22) ID.me, Inc.
24) Investors Title Insurance Company
25) Knoa Pharma LLC
26) Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
27) Massage Envy -- North Carolina Region Co-op
28) Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
29) NC Museum of Art Foundation
30) North Carolina Biotechnology Center
31) North Carolina Dental Society
32) North Carolina Oncology Association
33) North Carolina Railroad Company
34) North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists
35) North Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition
37) SailPoint Technologies, Inc.
38) SCI North Carolina Funeral Services, Inc.
39) ServiceNow, Inc.
40) South Granville Water and Sewer Authority
41) Upper Neuse River Basin Assoc., Inc.
42) VMware LLC and its Affiliates
20+ years
"North Carolina's Top Lobbyists" - North State Journal (2020)
Best Lawyers Government Relations Practice (2009-2022)
Business North Carolina Legal Elite
Triangle Business Journal "40 Under 40 Leadership Award (2012)
20+ years
Michael started working in politics as a 17-year-old staffer in 1987 race for Governor. Since then, he has worked on campaigns in almost every role, spent time working on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC and did a short stint in state government for then Treasurer Tate Reeves. He entered the lobbying profession in 2004 at Baker Donelson before taking a ten-year detour working as a public finance banker at Bear Stearns and Raymond James. Partnering with Austin at the Clearwater Group in 2017, he returned to lobbying to get back to doing what he enjoys most, shaping public policy through the political, legislative and administrative processes.
Michael leads the firm's executive branch lobbying practice area with an emphasis on regulatory and procurement efforts. He is also deeply involved in strategic development for the firm's legislative practice area and political practice area.
615-627-6579
1230 2nd Ave S, Nashville, TN, 37210,
3) American Beverage Association
4) American Federation for Children
7) BDO Government Services, LLC
9) BLVD Capital
10) Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
12) Cavnue LLC
15) Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority
17) City of East Ridge, Tennessee
18) CodeCrew
19) Cummins Inc
20) East Tennessee Children's Hospital
21) Eric A. Gang & Associates, P.A.
23) Excellence in Education National, Inc. d/b/a Excellence in Education in Action
24) Giarratana, LLC
28) JPMorgan Chase Holdings, LLC
30) Kira Learning
32) Metropolitan Government of Nashville/ Davidson County
34) NASHVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
35) Nashville Teacher Residency
37) National Mentor Holdings, LLC
40) Palantir Technologies Inc.
41) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates
43) Prisma Health
44) Purfoods, LLC
46) Ryan, LLC
48) Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
51) Tennessean's for Quality Early Education
52) Tennessee Fire Service Legislative Coalition
53) Thompson
55) tnAchieves
56) Tootsies Entertainment LLC
57) Traditio, LLC
58) Volkert, Inc.
59) Workday, Inc.
4798836193
1401 W Capitol Ave Ste 100, Little Rock, AR, 72201,
2) Airbnb, Inc.
5) Allheart Senior Care of Arkansas
6) Alpha Automated Robotic Manufacturing
7) American Massage Therapy Association
9) Arkansas Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
10) Arkansas Beverage Association
11) Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance
12) Arkansas Nurse Practitioner Association
13) Arkansas Professional Bail Association
14) Arkansas Trial Lawyers Assoc
16) Berger Montague
17) BGC Advantage
18) Black River Technical College
19) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC
23) Clinic Pharmacy Solutions LLC d/b/a Creo
27) Entegrity
28) ER Assist
29) FFF Enterprises
31) Hazel Health
33) Nabholz
34) Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority
35) Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority
36) Ordinal
38) Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
39) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates
40) Recovery Centers of Arkansas
42) Sanofi US
44) Startup Junkie Consulting LLC
46) Suzano Packaging
48) VGW Corporate Services Australia Pty Ltd
49) Well Placed, LLC
4798836193
1401 W Capitol Ave Ste 100, Little Rock, AR, 72201,
2) Airbnb, Inc.
5) Allheart Senior Care of Arkansas
6) Alpha Automated Robotic Manufacturing
7) American Massage Therapy Association
9) Arkansas Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
10) Arkansas Beverage Association
11) Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance
12) Arkansas Nurse Practitioner Association
13) Arkansas Professional Bail Association
14) Arkansas Trial Lawyers Assoc
16) Berger Montague
17) BGC Advantage
18) Black River Technical College
19) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC
23) Clinic Pharmacy Solutions LLC d/b/a Creo
27) Entegrity
28) ER Assist
29) FFF Enterprises
31) Hazel Health
33) Nabholz
34) Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority
35) Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority
36) Ordinal
38) Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
39) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates
40) Recovery Centers of Arkansas
42) Sanofi US
44) Startup Junkie Consulting LLC
46) Suzano Packaging
48) VGW Corporate Services Australia Pty Ltd
49) Well Placed, LLC
615-830-2875
1230 2nd Ave. South, Suite 2704, Nashville, TN, 37210,
3) American Beverage Association
4) American Federation for Children
7) BDO Government Services, LLC
9) BLVD Capital
10) Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
12) Cavnue LLC
15) Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority
17) City of East Ridge, Tennessee
18) CodeCrew
19) Cummins Inc
20) East Tennessee Children's Hospital
21) Eric A. Gang & Associates, P.A.
23) Excellence in Education National, Inc. d/b/a Excellence in Education in Action
25) Fortune Brands Innovations
26) Giarratana, LLC
32) Kira Learning
34) Metropolitan Government of Nashville/ Davidson County
36) NASHVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
37) Nashville Teacher Residency
39) National Mentor Holdings, LLC
42) Palantir Technologies Inc.
43) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates
45) Prisma Health
46) Purfoods, LLC
48) Ryan, LLC
50) Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
53) Tennessean's for Quality Early Education
54) Tennessee Fire Service Legislative Coalition
55) Thompson
57) tnAchieves
58) Tootsies Entertainment LLC
59) Traditio, LLC
60) Volkert, Inc.
61) Workday, Inc.
615-357-4923
1230 2nd Ave. South, Suite 2704, Nashville, TN, 37210,
3) American Beverage Association
4) American Federation for Children
7) BDO Government Services, LLC
9) BLVD Capital
10) Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
12) Cavnue LLC
15) Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority
17) City of East Ridge, Tennessee
18) CodeCrew
19) Cummins Inc
20) East Tennessee Children's Hospital
22) Excellence in Education National, Inc. d/b/a Excellence in Education in Action
24) Giarratana, LLC
28) JPMorgan Chase Holdings, LLC
30) Kira Learning
32) Metropolitan Government of Nashville/ Davidson County
34) NASHVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
35) Nashville Teacher Residency
37) National Mentor Holdings, LLC
40) Palantir Technologies Inc.
41) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates
43) Prisma Health
44) Purfoods, LLC
45) Reagan Outdoor Advertising
47) Ryan, LLC
49) Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
53) Tennessean's for Quality Early Education
54) Tennessee Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants
55) Tennessee Fire Service Legislative Coalition
56) TN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
58) tnAchieves
59) Tootsies Entertainment LLC
60) Volkert, Inc.
61) Workday, Inc.
4798836193
1401 W Capitol Ave Ste 100, Little Rock, AR, 72201,
2) Airbnb, Inc.
5) Allheart Senior Care of Arkansas
6) Alpha Automated Robotic Manufacturing
7) American Massage Therapy Association
9) Arkansas Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
10) Arkansas Beverage Association
11) Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance
12) Arkansas Nurse Practitioner Association
13) Arkansas Professional Bail Association
14) Arkansas Trial Lawyers Assoc
16) Berger Montague
17) BGC Advantage
18) Black River Technical College
19) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC
23) Clinic Pharmacy Solutions LLC d/b/a Creo
27) Entegrity
28) ER Assist
29) FFF Enterprises
31) Hazel Health
33) Nabholz
34) Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority
35) Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority
36) Ordinal
38) Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
39) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates
40) Recovery Centers of Arkansas
42) Sanofi US
44) Startup Junkie Consulting LLC
46) Suzano Packaging
48) VGW Corporate Services Australia Pty Ltd
49) Well Placed, LLC
601-948-6020
200 North Congress Street, Suite 300, JACKSON, MS, 39201,
3) American Petroleum Institute
4) Americans for Lower Drug Prices
6) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP and its Affiliates
7) Asurion
8) BDO Government Services, LLC
10) BetterLesson
11) Bitcoin Depot
12) Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
14) CAG Holdings, Inc. LLC, a Carlyle Company Company Name
17) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries
18) Cicero Action
19) Community Health Center Association of Mississippi, Inc.
20) Data Recognition Corporation
21) Diamondhead Water & Sewer District
22) Drax Group
23) Equifax, Inc.
24) Ergon, Inc.
27) Fortinet, Inc.
29) Google LLC and its Affiliates
31) Hazel Health
32) HB Strategies on behalf of Good Rx
35) Intervest Corp.
37) Madison County Board of Supervisors
39) MedeAnalytics
40) Medical Transportation Management, Inc.
41) MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.
42) Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
44) Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
45) Mississippi Association of REALTORS
46) Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers
47) Mississippi Business Alliance
48) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians
49) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board
50) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association
51) Mississippi Counseling Association
54) Mississippi Optometric Association
55) Mississippi Orthopaedic Society
56) Mississippi Physicians Care Network
57) Mississippi Public Broadcasting Foundation
58) Mississippi Section, American College of Obstertricians & Gynecologists
59) Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
60) Money Service Business Association, Inc.
61) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs
62) National Mentor Holdings, LLC
64) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
67) OneImaging
68) Palantir Technologies Inc.
70) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates
72) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)
73) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC
75) Safety and Advocacy for Empowerment (SAFE) Coalition
76) Samsara Inc.
77) Scholastic Inc
79) Sharecare
81) Singing River Health System
82) SitelogIQ LLC
83) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.
84) Southern Renewable Energy Association
87) STChealth LLC
90) The Learning Internet, Inc. DBA Learning.com
92) The University of Southern Mississippi
93) Thrivist
94) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
95) Turo Inc.
96) Twenty Labs, LLC dba Healthy Together
98) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)
99) Universal Health Services, Inc.
101) Wayne Halfway House, Inc.
102) Wonderschool
103) Workday
104) yes. every. kid
105) Youth Villages
615-598-4336
1230 2nd Ave S, Nashville, TN, 37210,
3) American Beverage Association
4) American Federation for Children
7) BDO Government Services, LLC
9) BLVD Capital
11) Cavnue LLC
14) Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority
16) City of East Ridge, Tennessee
17) CodeCrew
18) Cummins Inc
19) East Tennessee Children's Hospital
20) Eric A. Gang & Associates, P.A.
22) Excellence in Education National, Inc. d/b/a Excellence in Education in Action
23) Fortune Brands Innovations
24) Giarratana, LLC
27) JPMorgan Chase Holdings, LLC
29) Kira Learning
31) Metropolitan Government of Nashville/ Davidson County
33) Nashville Teacher Residency
35) National Mentor Holdings, LLC
38) Palantir Technologies Inc.
39) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates
41) Prisma Health
42) Purfoods, LLC
44) Ryan, LLC
46) Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
49) Tennessean's for Quality Early Education
50) Tennessee Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants
51) Tennessee Fire Service Legislative Coalition
52) Thompson
54) tnAchieves
55) Tootsies Entertainment LLC
56) Traditio, LLC
57) Volkert, Inc.
58) Workday, Inc.
4798836193
1401 W Capitol Ave Ste 100, Little Rock, AR, 72201,
2) AIRBNB, INC.
5) ALLHEART SENIOR CARE OF ARKANSAS
6) ALPHA AUTOMATED ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING
7) AMERICAN MASSAGE THERAPY ASSOCIATION
9) ARKANSAS ALLIANCE OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS
10) ARKANSAS BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION
11) ARKANSAS HUNGER RELIEF ALLIANCE
12) ARKANSAS NURSE PRACTITIONER ASSOCIATION
13) ARKANSAS PROFESSIONAL BAIL ASSOCIATION
14) ARKANSAS TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOC
16) BERGER MONTAGUE
17) BGC ADVANTAGE
18) BLACK RIVER TECHNICAL COLLEGE
19) BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP, LLC
23) CLINIC PHARMACY SOLUTIONS LLC D/B/A CREO
27) ENTEGRITY
28) ER ASSIST
29) FFF ENTERPRISES
31) HAZEL HEALTH
33) NABHOLZ
34) NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
35) NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY
36) ORDINAL
38) PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA (PHRMA)
39) PMI US CORPORATE SERVICES INC. AND AFFILIATES
40) RECOVERY CENTERS OF ARKANSAS
42) SANOFI US
44) STARTUP JUNKIE CONSULTING LLC
46) SUZANO PACKAGING
48) VGW CORPORATE SERVICES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
49) WELL PLACED, LLC
(617) 418-2200
150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2800, Raleigh, NC, 27601,
