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 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 Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Section of Business Law, and a Proctor Member of the Maritime Law Association.  In the ABA's Real Property Section he is Chair of the Uniform Laws Committee, a member of the Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education and the Standing Committee on Group and Substantive Committee.  In the ABA's Section of Business Law he is the Vice Chair of the Commercial Finance Committee and serves as a liaison to the Section's Diversity 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.