TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 21, 2025

The federal trial for Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. — who has been accused of involvement in a county grant scheme — is now scheduled for January 2026.  Commissioner Lynn Crum, who is representing the government in the case, said the trial is expected to last two weeks. According to The Commercial Appeal, Ford’s attorney said in court Tuesday that there is still “lots to go through” in the discovery process. The government turned over thousands of pages of evidence and hundreds of gigabytes of data in March. Ford, who was federally charged with bribery and tax evasion, was placed on leave from his job with the city of Memphis in March.