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) First Flight Venture Center, Inc.
15) FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc.
18) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA
19) Granville County
21) ID.me, Inc.
23) Knoa Pharma LLC
24) Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
25) Massage Envy -- North Carolina Region Co-op
26) Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
27) NC Museum of Art Foundation
28) North Carolina Biotechnology Center
29) North Carolina Dental Society
30) North Carolina Oncology Association
31) North Carolina Railroad Company
32) North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists
33) North Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition
35) SailPoint Technologies, Inc.
36) SCI North Carolina Funeral Services, Inc.
37) ServiceNow, Inc.
38) South Granville Water and Sewer Authority
39) Upper Neuse River Basin Assoc., Inc.
40) 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)
(704) 910-5943
421 N. Harrington Street, Suite 650, Raleigh, NC, 27603,
1) American Integrity Insurance Company
2) American Real Estate Bar Association, Inc.
3) AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies
5) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
6) Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association
7) Center for Employment Opportunities
8) Charter Communications Operating, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications
10) Coinbase, Inc.
11) Delta Dental of North Carolina
12) Element by Arkhé Consortium Health LLC
13) Fletcher Hospital, Inc. dba AdventHealth Hendersonville
14) Food Lion, LLC
15) GDP Holdings LLC dba CoinFlip
18) Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc
22) Life Science Logistics, LLC
24) North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians
25) North Carolina Cable Telecommunications Association
26) North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association
27) North Carolina Railroad Company
28) North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.
29) PAM Health, LLC
30) Peacehaven Community Farm/Peacehaven Farm, Inc.
31) Pharmaceutical Research &, Manufacturers of America
32) Piedmont Stone Center, PLLC
33) Prospera North Carolina, L.L.C.
37) Stone Institute of the Carolinas LLC
(704) 957-3728
421 N. Harrington Street, Suite 650, 3605 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 500, Raleigh, NC, 27603,
2) American Integrity Insurance Company
3) American Real Estate Bar Association, Inc.
4) AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies
5) Association for Consumer Debt Relief by MultiState Associates LLC
7) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
9) Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association
11) Center for Employment Opportunities
12) Ceres, Inc.
14) Charter Communications Operating, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications
16) Coinbase, Inc.
17) Delta Dental of North Carolina
18) Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
19) Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
20) Element by Arkhé Consortium Health LLC
21) Environmental Defense Action Fund
22) Flashpass
23) Fletcher Hospital, Inc. dba AdventHealth Hendersonville
24) Food Lion, LLC
25) Fujifilm Holdings America Corporation
26) GDP Holdings LLC dba CoinFlip
27) Geozoning Inc DBA HealthSherpa
32) Helix Ventures
33) Insurance Federation of North Carolina
35) Life Science Logistics, LLC
37) NC Asian American Real Estate Association
38) North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians
39) North Carolina Cable Telecommunications Association
40) North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association
41) North Carolina Railroad Company
42) North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.
44) Palo Alto Networks (via Carahsoft Technology Corp.)
45) PAM Health, LLC
46) Peacehaven Community Farm/Peacehaven Farm, Inc.
48) Phantom Fireworks Showrooms, LLC
49) Pharmaceutical Research &, Manufacturers of America
50) Piedmont Stone Center, PLLC
51) Prospera North Carolina, L.L.C.
54) Saratoga Capital Partners, LLC
57) Stone Institute of the Carolinas LLC
