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.
21) Live Nation Entertainment, 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) SCI North Carolina Funeral Services, Inc.
35) ServiceNow, Inc.
36) South Granville Water and Sewer Authority
37) VMware LLC and its Affiliates
38) Volvo Group North America, LLC
39) WakeMed Health and Hospitals
40) 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
Manning Fulton &, Skinner, P.A., 3605 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 500, 3605 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 500, Raleigh, NC, 27612,
1) American Association for Debt Resolution by MultiState Associates LLC
2) AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies
4) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
5) Center for Employment Opportunities
6) Charter Communications Operating, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications
8) Delta Dental of North Carolina
9) Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
10) Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
11) Environmental Defense Action Fund
12) Fletcher Hospital, Inc. dba AdventHealth Hendersonville
13) Food Lion, LLC
14) Geozoning Inc DBA HealthSherpa
15) Guidehouse Consulting Inc.
16) Insurance Federation of North Carolina
18) Life Science Logistics, LLC
20) North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians
23) North Carolina Railroad Company
24) North Carolina Self-Insurance Security Association
26) Palo Alto Networks (via Carahsoft Technology Corp.)
27) Peacehaven Community Farm/Peacehaven Farm, Inc.
28) Phantom Fireworks Showrooms, LLC
29) Pharmaceutical Research &, Manufacturers of America
30) Piedmont Stone Center, PLLC
31) Prospera North Carolina, L.L.C.
32) Public School Forum of NC, Inc.
38) Stone Institute of the Carolinas LLC
41) Transtech, Inc.
