Robert B. "Bobby" House

Robert B. "Bobby" House

Jackson, MS recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012
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161 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Administrative / Regulatory Law
*Named the "Lawyer of the Year" in this practice area in the 2026 edition in Jackson, MS.

Biography

Bobby House is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He focuses his practice on insurance regulatory, corporate, administrative, and public policy law. Bobby provides general counsel representation to several insurance and insurance-related entities, including residual market mechanisms. He advises insurers on company formation and licensing, mergers and acquisitions, Form A and other insurance holding company system filings, reinsurance transactions, financial and market conduct examinations, legislation, and administrative rules and regulations. With substantial experience in the area of troubled company and insurance company insolvency matters, Bobby also represents insurance guaranty associations as well as rehabilitators and liquidators of several insurance companies. He also participates in the representation of insurers in connection with business and regulatory-related litigation matters. Bobby serves as chairman and president of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc., a professional association of insurance regulatory and corporate lawyers formed for the purpose of raising the standard of excellence in the practice of regulatory law. He is a past chair of the Insurance Regulation Committee of the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section and is a member of the International Association of Insurance Receivers. He regularly attends meetings of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and is a certified public accountant.
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161 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • University of Mississippi, J.D., graduated 1988
  • University of Mississippi, B.A., graduated 1984

  • Mississippi, MS

  • American Bar Association, Section of Business Law; Section of Tort Trial and Insurance Practice - Past Chairman, Insurance Regulation Committee
  • American Health Lawyers Association - Member
  • Capital Area Bar Association - Member
  • Federation of Regulatory Counsel - Member
  • International Association of Insurance Reviewers - Member
  • Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants - Member
  • The Mississippi Bar, Section of Business Law - Past Chairman, Group Insurance Committee

  • US District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
  • US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
  • Mississippi, MS
  • American Bar Association, Section of Business Law; Section of Tort Trial and Insurance Practice - Past Chairman, Insurance Regulation Committee
  • American Health Lawyers Association - Member
  • Capital Area Bar Association - Member
  • Federation of Regulatory Counsel - Member
  • International Association of Insurance Reviewers - Member
  • Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants - Member
  • The Mississippi Bar, Section of Business Law - Past Chairman, Group Insurance Committee
  • University of Mississippi, J.D., graduated 1988
  • University of Mississippi, B.A., graduated 1984
  • US District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
  • US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2026 - Administrative / Regulatory Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Administrative / Regulatory Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Administrative / Regulatory Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law, Jackson, MS (2026)
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law, Jackson, MS (2024)
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law, Jackson, MS (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Law
  • Insurance Law

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