Joseph “Joe” L. Boles, Jr. moved to St. Augustine with his
parents in 1967. A native of North Carolina, he attended the University of
Florida after graduating from St. Augustine High School in 1970. He initially
obtained a Bachelor of Design and Advertising Design from the University of
Florida, and also obtained his law degree from the University of Florida College
of Law. He was admitted to practice in the fall of 1984 and his areas of
interest are elder law, asset protection, estates and trusts, business law and
family law. He is married to Jane Reynolds and he has three daughters, Hayley
(21), Molly (19), and Kirby Catherine (16). His office is located on the corner
of Riberia and Saragossa Streets in St. Augustine.
He serves as Mayor of the City of St. Augustine, having been
first elected as a City Commissioner in 2004 and then as Mayor in 2006, 2008 and
2010. Currently he serves on the Board of the St. Johns County Council on Aging
as its President and Chairman of that Board. He is the Vice President of the
St. Johns County Welfare Federation, and serves on the Buckingham Smith
Benevolent Association Board, and the Rotary Club of St. Augustine.
He has previously served as President of the St. Augustine Art
Association Board and served as Secretary of the CHILD Cancer Fund Board. Until
recently he was a member of the Flagler Hospital Board and the Flagler Hospital
Foundation Board. He was one of the founding board members of the St. Augustine
Lighthouse and Museum, Inc. and served as Chairman of that Board for two years.
He was a founding board member for the First Tee of St. Johns County and a
member of the American Cancer Society Board for St. Johns County. He was a past
President of the St. Augustine Rotary Club and previously was a Chairman of the
City of St. Augustine Planning and Zoning Board during the development of the
City’s Comprehensive Land Use plan.
His hobbies are golf, fishing and painting. He is a member of
the Memorial Presbyterian Church and has served as a Deacon and Trustee.
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Contact Information:
Joseph L. Boles, Jr.
Mayor, City of St. Augustine
P.O. Box 210
St. Augustine, FL 32085
904.825.1006 (City Manager’s office)
904.824.4278 (law office)
"It has only been through
my faith in Jesus Christ our Savior that I have been able to experience true
serenity the rewards I received in life by simply praying, "Thy will be
done."-David
Shoar
St. John's County Sheriff
