Neal D. Johnson

Neal D. Johnson is a partner at Leverage Law Group, LLC in Leawood, Kansas. He focuses on New Markets Tax Credit transactions and represents tax credit investors, community development entities, and qualified businesses. His practice includes participants at different levels and stages of these financing arrangements. He handles work connected to transactions as well as later developments that require changes to an existing tax credit structure.

Neal earned a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in Political Science from Iowa State University in 2006. He received an M.A. in Economics and a J.D. from the University of Kansas in 2009. His educational background connects economic analysis with legal training. These studies provide a foundation for understanding financing relationships, considering business conditions, and evaluating the legal questions that arise within a transaction.

Neal joined the firm as an associate in 2011. Before joining, he clerked at the Kansas Court of Appeals in Topeka. His current transaction experience includes workouts, modifications, and the unwinding of tax credit structures. These matters involve legal needs that continue after an arrangement is first established. His work addresses changes in the transaction and the steps required when participants revise or conclude their involvement.

Neal D. Johnson is licensed in Missouri and Kansas. His practice combines a concentration in New Markets Tax Credit matters with economics education and appellate court clerkship experience. That background supports analysis of both financing arrangements and the legal issues arising as they develop. He represents clients whose needs range from participating in a transaction to addressing adjustments and the eventual unwinding of the structure supporting their investment or business financing.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Leverage Law Group, LLC
• Member, The Missouri Bar
• Member, Kansas Bar Association

Licensed State

• Missouri
• Kansas

Education

• University of Kansas
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Kansas
  Master of Arts (MA) in Economics
• Iowa State University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Economics
• Iowa State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science

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