Dana Simpson
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchel & Jernigan LLP
dsimpson@smithlaw.com
919-821-6756
Post Office Box 2611, Raleigh, NC, 27602,
Subjects: All Subjects
Links: Website, TAG Profile
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.
"North Carolina's Top Lobbyists" - North State Journal (2020)Best Lawyers Government Relations Practice (2009-2022)Business North Carolina Legal EliteTriangle Business Journal "40 Under 40 Leadership Award (2012)
1) Acadia Healthcare, Inc.
2) Accenture LLP
3) Acentra Health
4) Action Now Initiative, LLC
5) BDO Government Services, LLC
6) Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&,T North Carolina
7) BenefitFocus.com, Inc.
8) Blue Ridge Atlantic Development, LLC, d/b/a Blue Ridge Cascade
9) Community Care of North Carolina, Inc.
10) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
11) DaVita, Inc.
12) Dell Technologies Inc.
13) Duke Energy Business Services LLC
14) Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, Inc.
15) First Flight Venture Center, Inc.
16) FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc.
17) Foundation Medicine, Inc.
18) Gilead Sciences, Inc.
19) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA
20) Granville County
21) Granville Health System
22) ID.me, Inc.
23) Instructure, Inc.
24) Investors Title Insurance Company
25) Knoa Pharma LLC
26) Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
27) Massage Envy -- North Carolina Region Co-op
28) Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
29) NC Museum of Art Foundation
30) North Carolina Biotechnology Center
31) North Carolina Dental Society
32) North Carolina Oncology Association
33) North Carolina Railroad Company
34) North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists
35) North Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition
36) Novartis Services, Inc.
37) SailPoint Technologies, Inc.
38) SCI North Carolina Funeral Services, Inc.
39) ServiceNow, Inc.
40) South Granville Water and Sewer Authority
41) Upper Neuse River Basin Assoc., Inc.
42) VMware LLC and its Affiliates
43) Volvo Group North America, LLC
44) Vulcan Elements, Inc.
45) WakeMed Health and Hospitals
20+ years
Last Updated: June 25, 2026
