TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 8, 2023

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. is seeking a court order of protection against fellow commissioner Mickell Lowery in what appears to be a dispute from August about the timing of a recess during commission meetings. The Daily Memphian reports that Ford filed for the protection order, citing an argument during a Aug. 14 meeting over whether the group’s break was at 5 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. Two weeks later, Ford claimed in an open-commission session that there was almost “an alleged assault” but provided no details or names. The General Sessions Court Clerk’s office is not releasing the affidavit seeking the protection order on the advice of the county attorney’s office.