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) ID.me, Inc.
22) 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)
(919) 771-6605
(919) 771-6605, Suite 200, Jim@harrellpllc.com, Atlantic Coast Medical Equipment Services Association, (919) 387-1221,
2) Activehours, Inc. dba Earnin
3) Advocates for NC Communities, Inc.
4) Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc
5) Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
6) Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
7) Atlantic Coast Medical Equipment Services Association
8) Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&,T North Carolina
9) Biotechnology Innovation Organization
11) Carolina Ballet, Incorporated
14) Cleveland County EDP Association
15) DaVita, Inc.
19) NC Health Care Facilities Association
20) NCHA, Inc. d/b/a North Carolina Healthcare Association
22) North Carolina Alliance of Boys &, Girls Clubs
23) North Carolina Assisted Living Association
24) North Carolina Association of Community College Trustees
25) North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Radiology
26) North Carolina Dental Society
27) North Carolina Motorsports Association
28) North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company
29) North Carolina Retail Merchants Association
30) North Carolina Senior Living Association
31) North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists
32) Onslow County
33) Real Estate Lawyers Association of North Carolina, Inc.
34) Sanofi US
