Exhibit 31.1

Certification
of CEO Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act
Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Charlie W. Brinkley, Jr., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of
Floridian Financial Group, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant
and have:

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and

(c)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrants other certifying officer and I
have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of
the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and

(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial
reporting.

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|By:   | /s/ Charlie W. Brinkley, Jr.         | 
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|      | Charlie W. Brinkley, Jr.             | 
|      | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | 
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|Date: | March 25, 2010                       | 

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