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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
10 CADILLAC DRIVE, SUITE 220
BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027
TELEPHONE: (615) 361-7500
(800) 486-5714
FAX: (615) 367-2480
E-MAIL: ethlcs@tbpr.org
Website: www.tbpr.org
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: CONNIE LYNN REGULI. BPR #16867
CONTACT: KRISANN HODGES
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615â361â7500
December 30, 2015
WILLIAMSON COUNTY ATTORNEY ON PROBATION
On December 28, 2015, Connie Lynn Reguli, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was suspended from the
practice of law by Order of the Tennessee Supreme Court for a period of eleven (1 1) months and twentyânine
days all of which may be served on probation. The conditions of probation include (1) Ms. Reguli must employ
a probation monitor; (2) must make restitution to a former client in the amount of $7,800; and (3) must submit
to an evaluation by the Tennessee Lawyer Assistance Program (TLAP) and comply with any monitoring
agreement TLAP recommends. Ms. Reguli was ordered to pay the costs of the disciplinary proceedings to the
Board and to the Court.
On July 16, 2012, the Board of Professional Responsibility ï¬led a petition for discipline against Ms.
Reguli based on three complaints of misconduct. The petition alleged, among other things, that Ms. Reguli
failed to return client communications, refund unearned fees, provide an accounting of fees to a former client
and the Board, and that Ms. Reguliâs website contained false statements.
A hearing panel for the Board found that Ms. Reguli committed ethical misconduct by violating Rules of
Professional Conduct 1.4 (communication); 1.5 (fees); 1.16 (declining or terminating representation); 7.4
(communication of ï¬elds of practice and specialization); 8.1 (bar admission and disciplinary matters); and 8.4,
(misconduct). The hearing panel imposed an eleven (11) month, twenty-nine (29) day suspension, to be served
on probation subject to certain conditions. Ms. Reguli and the Board appealed the panelâs judgment to the
_Williamson County Circuit Court, which modiï¬ed the panelâs sanction by reducing the length of suspension,
altering and eliminating various conditions of probation, and ordering Ms. Reguli to pay restitution to a former
client. Ms. Reguli and the Board appealed to the Supreme Court.
In its December 28, 2015 Memorandum Opinion, the Supreme Court unanimously afï¬rmed the trial
courtâs order of restitution but otherwise reinstated the hearing panelâs decision. The Courtâs Judgment is
effective January 7, 2016.
Ms. Reguli must comply with the requirements of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, Sections 18 (2006)
and 30 (2014), regarding the obligations and responsibilities of suspended attorneys.
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