The Florida Bar Foundation

Fort Myers attorney John Noland to begin term as Foundation president-elect

June 8, 2009

Fort Myers attorney John Noland will take office July 1 as president-elect of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization that fosters law-related public service programs on behalf of Florida’s legal profession.

A Fellow of The Florida Bar Foundation, Noland has served on its board of directors since 2001. He earned his juris doctor from Memphis State University after receiving his bachelor’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University. For more than 30 years, he has practiced at Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., where he is chair of the commercial litigation department and has served as general counsel to several of the firm's corporate clients.

Noland has served pro bono as the attorney for Habitat for Humanity of Lee County, and has been an attorney for the Children’s Home Society. He served on the board of directors of the American Red Cross, has been a member of the advisory board of the Salvation Army and served as president of the Rotary Club of Fort Myers Inc.

Within the 20th Judicial Circuit, Noland served as president of the Calusa Inn of Court. In addition, he is a past member of The Florida Bar Board of Governors. He currently serves as chairman of the board of Lee Health Care Resources and of Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida.

Noland also serves as the chairman of the Investors’ Security Trust Company.

Noland was a member of The Joint Florida Bar/Florida Bar Foundation Commission on Delivery of Legal Services to the Indigent in Florida.

He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and 11th Circuits; and the U.S. Supreme Court.