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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.

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)

CLARE HESTER

(Mississippi)
Clients:

47) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

48) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board

49) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association

50) Mississippi Counseling Association

51) Mississippi Economic Council

52) Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.

53) Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative

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) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

61) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

62) NOLA Education,LLC

63) Ochsner Health System

64) PATH Company LLC

65) Pine Gate Renewables LLC

66) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

67) Reason Foundation

68) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)

69) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC

70) Scholastic Inc

71) Secure Democracy USA And It's Affiliates

72) Sharecare

73) Singing River Health System

74) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.

75) Southern Renewable Energy Association

76) Spire Mississippi Inc.

77) State Shield Action

78) STChealth LLC

79) Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC

80) Teaching Strategies

81) The Learning Internet, Inc. DBA Learning.com

82) The University of Southern Mississippi

83) Thrivist

84) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

85) Turo Inc.

86) Uber Technologies, Inc.

87) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)

88) Universal Health Services, Inc.

89) Wonderschool

90) Workday

91) yes. every. kid

92) Youth Villages