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) Knoa Pharma LLC
25) Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
26) Massage Envy -- North Carolina Region Co-op
27) Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
28) NC Museum of Art Foundation
29) North Carolina Biotechnology Center
30) North Carolina Dental Society
31) North Carolina Oncology Association
32) North Carolina Railroad Company
33) North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists
34) North Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition
36) SailPoint Technologies, Inc.
37) SCI North Carolina Funeral Services, Inc.
38) ServiceNow, Inc.
39) South Granville Water and Sewer Authority
40) Upper Neuse River Basin Assoc., Inc.
41) 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)
(609) 618-0302
150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2800, Raleigh, NC, 27601, 
2) American International Group, Inc.
3) Blue Ridge Atlantic Development, LLC, d/b/a Blue Ridge Cascade
5) Critical Response Group, Inc.
6) Ecolab, Inc.
7) Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, Inc.
8) FMR LLC
11) Motorola Solutions, Inc. by MultiState Associates LLC
12) Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
13) North Carolina Association of CPAs
14) North Carolina Association of Independent Schools
15) North Carolina Economic Development Association
16) North Carolina Medical Society
17) Sherwin Williams
18) United Therapeutics Corporation