About Neal
Neal J. Kling, a Member of the firm, received his undergraduate degree in Business and Public Administration from Louisiana State University and his law degree from Louisiana State University Law Center where he graduated Order of the Coif and was a member of the Louisiana Law Review. He represents clients in the areas of secured financing transactions, real estate transactions, real property and personal property leasing, maritime construction and finance and other commercial transactions.Mr. Kling is a Fellow in the American College of Commercial Finance Attorneys, a Member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, a Fellow in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, a member of Louisiana State Bar Association and the American Bar Association's Section of Business Law and a Proctor Member of the Maritime Law Association. In the ABA's Section of Business Law he is a Council Member and Vice Chair of a Council Committee. He is a member of the Maritime Financing Committee of the Maritime Law Association. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Tulane Law School, teaching Vessel Documentation & Finance. He has been a frequent speaker at numerous American Bar Association and other meetings.
Practice Areas
Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Recognized: Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Recognized: Litigation - Real Estate
- Recognized: Real Estate Law
- Practice Area: Commercial Finance Law
- Practice Area: Corporate Law
- Practice Area: Equipment Finance Law
- Practice Area: Project Finance Law
- Practice Area: Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Special Focus: COVID-19
- Special Focus: Development
- Special Focus: Finance
- Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2007 - 2013
- Best Lawyers in America - Litigation - Real Estate and Real Estate Law
- Best Lawyers in America - Real Estate Law, 2010 - 2011
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Member, 2007 - Present
- American College of Mortgage Attorneys, Fellow, 2000 - Present
- Order of the Coif, 1993
- Louisiana Law Review, Member, 1993
- Louisiana State University Law Center Hall of Fame
- Chambers and Partners, leading business lawyers in Finance and Real Estate in the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 Chambers USA, Client's Guide