Neal J. Kling
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Neal J. Kling
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.Total Records: 1Biography
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 and Section of Business Law, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and a Proctor Member of the Maritime Law Association. In the ABA's Section of Business Law he is the Chair of the Commercial Finance Committee and serves on the Section's Membership Committee. He is a member of the Maritime Financing Committee of the Maritime Law Association. He is also an Adjunct Faculty Member at Tulane Law School. He has been a frequent speaker at numerous American Bar Association and other meetings.
Bar Admission
Louisiana, 1993
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1999
Other Affiliations
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law's Commercial Finance Committee's Liaison to Section's Diversity Committee, 2004 - 2010
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, 2007 - 2009 (Group Chair)
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 2002 - 2008 (Member)
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Standing Committee on Groups and Substantive Committees, 2006 - 2008 (Member)
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Study Committee and Membership, 2003 - 2007 (Member)
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate as Trust Law Section's Uniform Laws Committee, 2002 - 2006 (Co-Chair)
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate as Trust Law Section's Uniform Laws Committee, 2006 - 2008 (Chair)
American College of Mortgage Attorneys, 2000 - Present (Member)
American Bar Association, Real Property Section, Probate and Trust Law Section's Mortgage Loan Structure and Origination Committee, 1997 - 2002 (Chair)
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section's Mortgage and Other Debt Financing Committee, 1996 - 1997 (Vice Chair)
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section's Opinions Committee, 1995 - Present (Member)
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law's Commercial Finance Committee (Subcommittees on Loan Documentation, Maritime Financing, and Real Estate Financing), 1997 - Present (Member)
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law's UCC Committee (Subcommittee on Secured Transactions), 1997 - Present (Member)
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law's Commercial Finance Committee's Real Estate Financing Subcommittee, 2001 - 2004 (Vice Chair)
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law's Commercial Finance Committee's Real Estate Financing Subcommittee, 2004 - 2007 (Chair)
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law's Commercial Finance Committee, 2007 - Present (Vice Chair)
The Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member, Maritime Financing Committee), 2001 - Present (Proctor)
American Bar Association, 2010 - Present (Section of Business Law's Membership Committee)
Stuart Hall for Boys, Secretary of Board of Trustees (2004-2012), 2008 - 2010 (Chairman of the Board of Trustees
2010 - Present Ex Office Member)
KNOCO, Inc. (local governing board of Knights of Columbus), 1995 - 1997 (Board of Directors)
New Orleans Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1997 - 1999 (Executive Board)
United Way's Boards Work! Training Program (program to train individuals for service on non-profit boards of directors) (Graduate)
Knights of Columbus, 1990 - Present (Member)
Young Leadership Council, 1994 - 1996 (Member)
Young Leadership Council, 1999 - 2001 (Member)
Achievements
- Other Sources of Feedback About Neal J. Kling
- Included on the 2023 Louisiana
Past Lists
- 2022 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
Education
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Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 1989 B.S.Major: Business and Public Administration
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Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1993 J.D.
Honors: Order of the Coif, LSU Hall of Fame, Law Review: Louisiana Law Review, , 1991 - 1993
Honers
- Best Lawyers in America since 2010 with special designations, during 2021 or a prior year, in Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law, 2021-2022
- Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2021 - 2022
- Who’s Who Legal Real Estate Directory - Leading Real Estate Lawyer, 2015
- Chambers and Partners 2004-2010, 2012 - 2015 USA Rankings in Real Estate (Band 3) – Key Individuals: Neal Kling has a mixed business practice which includes real estate transactional, leasing and finance work. Sources praise his courteous approach, and say: “He is knowledgeable and very practical in his understanding of clients' strengths and weaknesses.”
- American College of Commercial Finance Attorneys, Fellow
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Member
- American College of Mortgage Attorneys, Fellow
- Order of the Coif, 1993
- Louisiana Law Review, Member, 1993
- Louisiana State University Law Center Hall of Fame
- 2023 Best Lawyers Award