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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 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 Vice 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 Admissions:

• Louisiana, 1993
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1999

Education:

• Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1993; J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Honors: LSU Hall of Fame
  Law Review: Louisiana Law Review, 1991 - 1993
• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 1989; B.S.
  Major: Business and Public Administration

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Speaker, The World's First Interactive Mortgage Financing Program, American Bar Association, 1995
• Program Chair and Moderator, The Second Annual World's Best Mortgage Financing Program, American Bar Association, 1996
• Speaker, Revised UCC Articles 8 and 9, First National Banker's Bank, 1996
• Instructor, Transactional Documentation Skills Course, Loyola University School of Law, 1996 - Present
• Panelist, Business Plan Evaluation Program for Entrepreneurship Program, University of New Orleans, 1996 - 1999
• Guest Lecturer, Choice of Business Entities for Entrepreneurship Program, University of New Orleans, 1996 - 1999
• Program Chair and Moderator, The Third Annual World's Best Mortgage Financing Program, American Bar Association, 1997
• Program Chair and Moderator, The Fourth Annual World's Best Mortgage Financing Program, American Bar Association, 1998
• Program Chair and Moderator, Burning Issues: The Role of Insurance in a Real Estate Transaction, American Bar Association, 1998
• Program Chair and Moderator, The Sixth Annual Mortgage Financing Program, American Bar Association, 2000
• Instructor, Corporate Documentation Skills Course, Loyola University School of Law, 2000
• Program and Chair Moderator, The Seventh Annual Mortgage Financing Program, American Bar Association, 2001
• Program Chair and Moderator, Revised Article 9 - What Every Real Estate Lawyer Needs To Know, American Bar Association, 2001
• Speaker, What's New in New Article Nine? An Overview of Revised Article 9 In Connection With Commercial Transactions, Loyola School of Law Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2001
• Speaker, Revised Article 9 and Its Impact on Real Estate Lending, National CLE Conference, 2002
• Program Chair and Moderator, Section of Business Law, Real Estate Financing Subcommittee Program, 2004 - 2007
• Adjunct Faculty Member, Vessel Documentation and Finance, Tulane Law School, 2006 - Present

Honors and Awards:

• Best Lawyers in America - Real Estate Law, 2010 - 2011
• Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2007 - 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, 1993
• Chambers and Partners, leading business lawyers in Finance and Real Estate in the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Chambers USA, Client's Guide.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• 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 Section, Probate and Trust Law Section's Mortgage Loan Structure and Origination Committee, 1997 - 2002
  Chair
• 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 Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, 2007 - 2009
  Group 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 Financial Services 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 Financial Services Committee's Real Estate Financing Subcommittee, 2001 - 2004
  Vice Chair
• American Bar Association, Section of Business Law's Commercial Financial Services Committee's Real Estate Financing Subcommittee, 2004 - 2007
  Chair
• American Bar Association, Section of Business Law's Commercial Finance Commitee, 2007 - Present
  Vice Chair
• The Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member, Maritime Financing Committee), 2001 - Present
  Proctor
• American Bar Association, Section of Business Law's Commercial Finance Committee's Liaison to Section's Diversity Committee, 2004 - Present
• Stuart Hall for Boys, Secretary of Board of Trustees (2004-2008), 2008 - Present
  Chairman of the Board of Trustees
• 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

Past Employment Positions:

• McGlinchey Stafford, A Professional Limited Liability Company, Member, January, 1999
• McGlinchey Stafford, A Professional Limited Liability Company, Associate, August, 1993 - December, 1998

Birth Information:

1968, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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Published Works:

• Ramirez v. Fairgrounds Corporation-The Harm in Holding Harmless, 52 La. Law Rev. 1061, 52, 1992