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) Community Care of North Carolina, Inc.
10) DaVita, Inc.
12) Duke Energy Business Services LLC
13) Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, Inc.
14) FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc.
17) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA
18) Granville County
20) ID.me, Inc.
22) Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
23) Massage Envy -- North Carolina Region Co-op
24) Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
25) NC Museum of Art Foundation
26) North Carolina Biotechnology Center
27) North Carolina Dental Society
28) North Carolina Oncology Association
29) North Carolina Railroad Company
30) North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists
31) North Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition
33) Purdue Pharma LP
34) SailPoint Technologies, Inc.
35) SCI North Carolina Funeral Services, Inc.
36) ServiceNow, Inc.
37) South Granville Water and Sewer Authority
38) Upper Neuse River Basin Assoc., Inc.
39) 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)
(212) 422-4430
421 N. Harrington Street, Suite 650, Raleigh, NC, 27603,
1) American Real Estate Bar Association, Inc.
2) AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies
4) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
5) Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association
6) Center for Employment Opportunities
7) Charter Communications Operating, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications
10) Delta Dental of North Carolina
11) Element by Arkhé Consortium Health LLC
12) Fletcher Hospital, Inc. dba AdventHealth Hendersonville
13) Food Lion, LLC
14) GDP Holdings LLC dba CoinFlip
16) Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc
17) Guidehouse Consulting Inc.
20) Life Science Logistics, LLC
22) North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians
23) North Carolina Cable Telecommunications Association
24) North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association
25) North Carolina Railroad Company
26) North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.
27) Peacehaven Community Farm/Peacehaven Farm, Inc.
28) Pharmaceutical Research &, Manufacturers of America
29) Piedmont Stone Center, PLLC
30) Prospera North Carolina, L.L.C.
34) Stone Institute of the Carolinas LLC
(312) 590-7958
421 N. Harrington Street, Suite 650, 3605 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 500, Raleigh, NC, 27603,
2) American Real Estate Bar Association, Inc.
3) AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies
4) Association for Consumer Debt Relief by MultiState Associates LLC
6) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
8) Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association
9) Center for Employment Opportunities
10) Ceres, Inc.
12) Charter Communications Operating, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications
14) Coinbase, Inc.
15) Delta Dental of North Carolina
16) Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
17) Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
18) Element by Arkhé Consortium Health LLC
19) Environmental Defense Action Fund
20) Fletcher Hospital, Inc. dba AdventHealth Hendersonville
21) Food Lion, LLC
22) Fujifilm Holdings America Corporation
23) GDP Holdings LLC dba CoinFlip
24) Geozoning Inc DBA HealthSherpa
26) Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc
27) Guidehouse Consulting Inc.
28) Helix Ventures
29) Insurance Federation of North Carolina
31) Life Science Logistics, LLC
33) North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians
34) North Carolina Cable Telecommunications Association
35) North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association
36) North Carolina Railroad Company
37) North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.
39) Palo Alto Networks (via Carahsoft Technology Corp.)
40) Peacehaven Community Farm/Peacehaven Farm, Inc.
42) Phantom Fireworks Showrooms, LLC
43) Pharmaceutical Research &, Manufacturers of America
44) Piedmont Stone Center, PLLC
45) Prospera North Carolina, L.L.C.
50) Stone Institute of the Carolinas LLC
