(919) 821-6680
Post Office Box 2611, Raleigh, NC, 27602,
Smith Anderson is the largest business and litigation law firm headquartered in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. They are passionate about advising regional, national and global companies and providing them unparalleled client service. It's that client focus which has helped them proudly earn recognition from leading legal publications, including our recognition as a "Client Service A-Team" firm by BTI Consulting Group. They are an unmatched combination of legal and business innovators with a culture and heritage that has been shaped for more than 100 years.
Firm Specialties:
The scope of the Government Relations practice includes virtually any matter involving private interests and government. Smith Anderson's Government Relations professionals specialize in advising clients on how to most effectively communicate with elected officials and others who make public policy decisions. Dave has extensive experience consulting successful political campaigns on media strategy, press relations and election law compliance issues.
1) American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
2) American International Group, Inc.
3) Ecolab, Inc.
4) FMR LLC
7) Kerr-Tar Regional Economic Development Corporation
12) Motorola Solutions, Inc. by MultiState Associates Inc.
13) Nationwide Insurance & Affiliates
14) North Carolina Association of CPAs
15) North Carolina Association of Independent Schools
16) North Carolina Economic Development Association
17) North Carolina Financial Services Association
18) North Carolina Medical Society
19) North Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition
20) Putterboy, Ltd.
20+ years
The Best Lawyers in America, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Government Regulations Practice (2007-2019)
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated
Methodist University- Economics and Business Alumni Award (2003)
B. DAVIS HORNE, JR. manages the Government Relations practice at Smith Anderson and leads a team of professionals in the firm's Corporate Relocation and Expansion practice. Dave has spent nearly 30 years representing private interests - including many non-profit associations, medical groups and businesses - before the North Carolina General Assembly and other state and federal government entities. He has been rated in the top twenty of more than 700 lobbyists registered in the State by an independent survey of his peers, the press, and legislators conducted by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research Inc for more than a decade.
Dave also advises clients expanding in or relocating to North Carolina about state and local economic development incentives. He has represented clients in many of the state's largest economic development projects.
After receiving his BA with honors from Methodist University, Dave spent several years in business, returning to law school and receiving a J.D. from Campbell University with distinction. His law practice experience includes serving as Associate General Counsel and State Legislative Director for the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation and its affiliated entities, which include the largest domestic property and casualty insurer in North Carolina. He also served as Director of Government Affairs for the North Carolina Bar Association for five years.
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)
(919) 280-8006
150 Fayetteville St, Suite 2300, 150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2300, Raleigh, NC, 27602,
1) Advocates for NC Communites, Inc.
2) American International Group, Inc.
4) Ecolab, Inc.
5) FMR LLC
8) Motion Picture Association, Inc.
11) North Carolina Association of CPAs
12) North Carolina Association of Independent Schools
13) North Carolina Economic Development Association
14) North Carolina Medical Society
15) North Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition
16) Sherwin Williams
17) Town of Butner
18) United Therapeutics Corporation
19) Waste Management Carolinas
20) Wolfspeed, Inc.
(919) 838-2027
Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &, Jerniga, LLP, 150 Fayetteville Street, 150 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC, 27601,
