Dale Noll, an associate in the Miami office of Akerman, has been appointed president-elect of the National Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Bar Association, the largest LGBT legal organization in the country.

Noll, 42, began working at Akerman two years ago, where he specializes in trust and estates. He first became involved in LGBT legal activities while attending the University of Miami Law School, where he served as co-president of OUTlaw, the university’s LGBT organization for law students.