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) Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&,T North Carolina
7) Community Care of North Carolina, Inc.
9) DaVita, Inc.
11) Duke Energy Business Services LLC
12) First Flight Venture Center, Inc.
13) FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc.
16) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA
17) Granville County
19) HORNE LLP
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) VMware LLC and its Affiliates
39) Volvo Group North America, LLC
40) WakeMed Health and Hospitals
41) Wolfspeed, Inc.
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)
(984) 422-9493
(984) 422-9493, 3605 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 500, john@theraleighgroupnc.com, Cityblock Health, Inc., (617) 710-0719,
1) AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies
2) Association for Consumer Debt Relief by MultiState Associates LLC
4) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
7) Center for Employment Opportunities
9) Charter Communications Operating, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications
11) Coinbase, Inc.
12) DailyPay, LLC
13) Delta Dental of North Carolina
14) Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
15) Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
16) Element by Arkhé Consortium Health LLC
17) Environmental Defense Action Fund
18) Fletcher Hospital, Inc. dba AdventHealth Hendersonville
19) Food Lion, LLC
20) Fujifilm Holdings America Corporation
21) GDP Holdings LLC dba CoinFlip
22) Geozoning Inc DBA HealthSherpa
23) Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc
24) Guidehouse Consulting Inc.
25) Insurance Federation of North Carolina
29) NC Asian American Real Estate Association
30) North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians
31) North Carolina Cable Telecommunications Association
32) North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association
33) North Carolina Railroad Company
34) North Carolina Self-Insurance Security Association
35) North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.
37) Palo Alto Networks (via Carahsoft Technology Corp.)
38) Peacehaven Community Farm/Peacehaven Farm, Inc.
39) Phantom Fireworks Showrooms, LLC
40) Pharmaceutical Research &, Manufacturers of America
41) Piedmont Stone Center, PLLC
42) Prospera North Carolina, L.L.C.
43) Public School Forum of NC, Inc.
48) Stone Institute of the Carolinas LLC
52) Transtech, Inc.
54) Vivid Seats LLC
