Tennessee

Department of Commerce and Insurance
615-741-5062
http://tn.gov/commerce
The TDCI is the Sate Board that oversees
funeral homes and cemeteries.
Were You
Sold a Plot or do You Have a Loved One Interred at
Galilee Memorial Gardens?
April 2017 - Lawyers are scheduling a conference to meet with the judge to obtain new deadlines, including but not limited to a new trial date. Letter will be sent out after the conference.
Please note there are two existing complaints. Your name and loved one's name is on one or the other,
contingent upon the date of your loved one's death and the date you sought our representation.
Akilah Wofford Opinion Oct 2015
Akilah Wofford Opinion Feb 2017
Galilee Receiver 7th Interim Report
Galilee Receiver 8th Interim Report
Galilee Receiver 9th Interim Report
The death of a family member is sad enough, but when the trust of the cemetery where the loved is interred is destroyed, it becomes abuse. Jemar Lambert, owner of Galilee Memorial Gardens, has been arrested for theft and abuse. It is reported he improperly buried multiple bodies in the same graves and sold plots located on land he did not even own. He is suspected of selling as much as $60,000 in non-existent plots.
The Cochran Firm in Memphis wants you and your family to have the assurance that your loved one received a caring and proper burial in the place you chose. The Firm feels that you should be adequately and justly compensated for additional grief if that did not happen. Contact us today if a family member or friend has been interred at Galilee Memorial Gardens. We are making every effort to insure that each person was buried appropriately and in their proper plot and will aggressively pursue justice on behalf of families who have been wronged.
Here is what has been reported thus far:
ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS, IT IS OUR DUTY TO
DISCOVER EVIDENCE OF ALL INSTANCES OF SIMILAR THEFT AND ABUSE BY
JEMAR LAMBERT and GALILEE MEMORIAL GARDENS EMPLOYEES.
From the reports we have received, there may be dozens of people callously buried in mass graves at Galilee Memorial Gardens. News media has reported that workers would drive over grave sites with heavy tractors to crush the coffins so there would be room to bury more people on top of the already buried.
Theft and abuse may have been going on before 2011 until late January 2014 when the cemetery was forcibly closed while prosecutors and the state conduct an investigation.
The thought that this type of crime could happen to loved ones is just too much to imagine. The Cochran Firm believes that you should receive answers to any questions you may have. If it is determined that you were sold a "bogus" plot or that your loved one was mistreated in or after burial we also believe that you should be adequately and justly compensated.
The Cochran Firm has been representing the less fortunate against powerful entities such as governments and corporations for over 40 years. Mr. Johnnie Cochran believed he could make a difference in the world, and he did by representing ordinary citizens! Our lawyers and team members want to achieve the absolute best for our clients.
Contact the Cochran Firm today.
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Department of Commerce and Insurance
615-741-5062
http://tn.gov/commerce
The TDCI is the Sate Board that oversees
funeral homes and cemeteries.
Contact Phone:
855-411-4YOU (855-411-4968)
901-523-1222
One Commerce Square, Suite 1700, 17th floor
Memphis, TN 38103
Shelby County District Attorney
201 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
www.scdag.com
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Contact Phone:
855-411-4YOU
(855-411-4968)
901-523-1222
One Commerce Square, Suite 1700,
17th floor
Memphis, TN 38103