Education
University of Florida College of Law - Gainesville, FL, 1986 LL.M. in Taxation, Cum Laude
Mississippi College School of Law - Jackson, MS, 1984 J.D., With Special Distinction
University of Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg, MS, 1977 B.S.B.A., With Honors
Bar Admissions
U.S. Tax Court, 1992
Mississippi, 1984
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1984
Linda Bounds Keng
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Areas of Practice
Education
University of Florida College of Law - Gainesville, FL, 1986 LL.M. in Taxation, Cum Laude
Mississippi College School of Law - Jackson, MS, 1984 J.D., With Special Distinction
University of Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg, MS, 1977 B.S.B.A., With Honors
Bar Admissions
U.S. Tax Court, 1992
Mississippi, 1984
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1984
Certification / Specialties
Certified Public Accountant - Mississippi, 1979
Honors and Awards
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Employee Benefits Law and Trusts & Estates
Mississippi's 50 Leading Business Women, 2005
Selected as one of the best Employee Benefits lawyers in the United States by The Best of the U. S. LLC., 2006
Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Employee Benefits/ERISA, 2007
Mississippi College Law Review, Articles Editor, 1982 - 1983
Alpha Epsilon Alpha, Accounting Honorary Society
Classes / Seminars Taught
Legal Considerations in Estate and Retirement Planning, Ag First Retirement Seminar, 2000
Recent Developments and Hot Topics in Estate Planning, Estate Planning for Professionals '99 Seminar, University of Southern Mississippi Foundation, 1999
Estate Planning and Health Care Decisions, River Oaks Health System Volunteer Auxiliary Retirement Seminar, 1998
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Deposit Guaranty National Bank Asset Management Group Seminar, 1997
Estates, Trusts and Gifts, The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 Seminar, Phelps Dunbar, LLP, 1997
Estate and Gift, Education Incentives and IRA Changes, The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 Seminar, Arthur Anderson, LLP, Phelps Dunbar, LLP, and Merrill Lynch, 1997
Structuring the Small Business, Small Business Clients Big Legal Needs Seminar, Mississippi College School of Law and The Mississippi Bar, Business Law Section, 1997
Estate Planning: Wills and Trusts, Annual Continuing Education Extravaganza, Mississippi Association of Life Underwriters, Inc. et al., 1995
QPRT's, GRIT's, GRAT's and GRUT's and Recent Developments, The Trust Course, Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1994
Adjunct Professor, Mississippi College School of Law, 1986
Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association, Member
Mississippi Secretary of State’s Trust Laws Study Group, 2009 Committee Member, appointed by Delbert Hosemann
American Bar Association, Taxation and Real Property Probate & Trust Sections, Member
Capitol Area Bar Association, Member
The Mississippi Bar, Member
The Mississippi Bar, Taxation and Estates & Trusts Sections, Member
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Member
Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants, 2006 - 2007, Former Treasurer; President 2007/2008
Mississippi Estate Planning Council, Member
Mississippi College Estate Planning Council, Member
Financial Planning Association, Mississippi Chapter, Member
IRS Gulf Coast Area TEIGE Council, Member
Jackson Chamber of Commerce, Member
Firm liaison in the Jackson Public School District's Partners in Education
Mississippi Tax Institute, Board of Trustees, 1997 - 1999, Member
IRS TE/GE Practitioner Liason Council, Gulf Coast Region, Member
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation, 2008, Elected to the Board of Directors
Fraternities / Sororities
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Phi Alpha Delta
