J. Robert Wooley is a member of the Governmental Relations Team of the Special Business Services Group. He formerly served as Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Louisiana, a position he held from 2000 - 2006. As Commissioner of Insurance, Wooley managed the Department of Insurance, its 272 employees, and a multi-million dollar budget. He regulated the licensing and compliance of all insurance companies and agents operating in the state.

Wooley has more than 20 years of extensive governmental relations experience. Prior to his service with the Insurance Department, he was the Director of Governmental Relations for a major gaming corporation where he directed and consulted on national and statewide election efforts and worked with various governmental entities in several states. His experience also includes work as a private political and governmental relations consultant, Special Counsel for the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and First Assistant Secretary of State and Executive Counsel to the Louisiana Secretary of State.

Wooley received his Juris Doctorate in 1977 from Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University, where he served on the Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Board. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree magna cum laude in 1974 from Northeast Louisiana University. He was a member of multiple honor societies including Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi and Delta Sigma Pi, and was selected as the Outstanding Graduating Senior in the College of Business, as well as Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.