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Linda Bounds
Keng

Position
Partner
Office
Jackson

Linda Keng is a partner in the Tax Practice Group. She focuses her practice on ERISA and employee benefits, executive and deferred compensation, trusts and estate planning, taxation, and business transactions.


Linda represents for-profit and tax-exempt employers in all aspects of executive compensation and employee benefits, including qualified retirement plans, non-qualified executive compensation and equity plans, welfare plans, regulatory issues and disputes, and other employee benefit-related matters. Linda assists her clients with design and compliance issues related to employee benefit and executive compensation plans, and provides representation in correction procedures, audits, and investigations with the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor. Linda also advises trustees and other plan fiduciaries regarding compliance and fiduciary matters.

Linda also represents individuals in estate planning, including business succession, trusts, family tax, and similar matters, including planning for what is often an individual’s largest asset: qualified plan or IRA benefits. 

Linda serves currently on the Business Advisory Council for the College of Business at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Noteworthy

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, and Trusts and Estates (listed annually since 2005)
  • Best Lawyers, "Lawyer of the Year," Jackson Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2013)
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers, Employee Benefits/ERISA (2007)
  • The Best of the U.S. LLC., "Best Employee Benefits Lawyers in the United States" (2006)
  • Mississippi's 50 Leading Business Women (2005)
  • AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

Publications

  • "2024 Year in Review — Top 10 Articles," Jones Walker LLP Banking & Financial Services Newsletter, December 19, 2024
  • "SECURE 2.0 Act — A Bigger and (in Some Ways) Better Version of the SECURE Act," Jones Walker LLP Banking & Financial Services Newsletter, October 31, 2024
  • "SECURE 2.0 Act — A Bigger and (in Some Ways) Better Version of the SECURE Act," Jones Walker LLP Employee Benefits Client Alert, October 15, 2024
  • "Banking Agencies Re-Propose Rules on Incentive-Based Compensation," Jones Walker LLP Banking & Financial Services Newsletter, May 31, 2024
  • "SECURE 2.0 Act — A Bigger and (in Some Ways) Better Version of the SECURE Act," Jones Walker LLP Employee Benefits Client Alert, July 24, 2023
  • "SECURE 2.0 Act — A Bigger and (in Some Ways) Better Version of the SECURE Act," Jones Walker LLP Employee Benefits Client Alert, January 26, 2023
  • "Restricted Stock: A Key Element in Incentive Compensation for Bank Executives," Jones Walker LLP Banking & Financial Services Newsletter, March 24, 2022
  • "Beyond the Blog — COVID-19 Recap — March 28, 2021," Jones Walker Disaster Prep & Recovery Client Alert, March 28, 2021
  • "Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans Disaster-Related Relief," Jones Walker LLP Employee Benefits Client Alert, March 16, 2021
  • "Defined Contribution Plans, Section 401(k) Plans: Tax Aspects," Bloomberg Law Benefits Guide, November 2020
  • "DOL Finally Releases Their Much Anticipated Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbor Final Rules for Retirement Plans," Jones Walker LLP Employee Benefits Client Alert, July 27, 2020
  • "Beyond the Blog — COVID-19 Weekly Recap — April 13, 2020," Jones Walker LLP Disaster Prep & Recovery Client Alert, April 13, 2020
  • "Sample Employee Notice for Coronavirus-Related Retirement Distributions," Jones Walker LLP Employee Benefits Client Alert, April 7, 2020

Presentations

  • Jones Walker LLP Annual Labor and Employment Seminar, Jackson, Mississippi, October 17, 2023
  • "401(k) Plan Errors, Corrections, and Audits," Mississippi Bankers Association HR Action Group, October 1, 2019
  • "Health Care Reform: Employer Compliance – What's Next?" Jones Walker LLP Labor & Employment Seminar, November 13, 2012
  • "Health Care Reform: Where Are We Now?" SouthGroup Insurance Services, October 23, 2012
  • "Health Care Reform: Where Are We Now?" Northeast Mississippi SHRM, October 4, 2012

Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Sections of Taxation and Real Property Probate & Trust
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Capitol Area Bar Association
  • Financial Planning Association, Mississippi Chapter
  • IRS TE/GE Practitioner Liaison Council, Gulf Coast Region
  • Mississippi Estate Planning Council
  • Mississippi Secretary of State's Trust Laws Study Group, Committee Member, appointed by Delbert Hosemann (2009)
  • Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants, President (2007–2008); Vice President (2006–2007); Treasurer (2002–2003)
  • Mississippi Tax Institute, Board of Trustees (1997–1999)
  • The Mississippi Bar, Sections of Taxation and Estates & Trusts
  • University of Southern Mississippi Foundation, Board of Directors (2008–2011)
Jackson
Suite 300
3100 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
D: 601.949.4960
F: 601.949.4804
Emaillkeng@joneswalker.com

Education

  • University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law
    LLM, Taxation, cum laude, 1986
  • Mississippi College School of Law
    JD, special distinction, 1984
    Articles Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 1982-1983; Phi Alpha Delta
  • University of Southern Mississippi
    BS, with honors, 1977
    Alpha Epsilon Alpha; Omicron Delta Epsilon

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi

Court Admissions

  • US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
  • US Tax Court

Related Practices

  • Commercial Transactions
  • Corporate
  • Employee Benefits
  • Estate Planning & Administration
  • Executive Compensation
  • Tax
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