TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Dec 28, 2015

The Tennessee Supreme Court today unanimously affirmed a Board of Professional Responsibility hearing panel’s suspension period for Williamson County attorney Connie Reguli and the trial court’s requirement that Reguli pay restitution to a former client. The 2011 petition for discipline against Reguli alleged that she failed to return client communications, refund unearned fees, provide an accounting of fees to a former client and the board, and that her website contained false statements. Reguli and the board appealed a hearing panel’s judgment to the Williamson County Circuit Court and later to the Supreme Court. Reguli claimed there had been a number of procedural and constitutional objections and the board challenged the panel’s probation period and requirements. The Court found that an 11-month, 29-day probated suspension from the practice of law was appropriate. Reguli is also required to submit to a probation monitor, and undergo an evaluation by the Tennessee Lawyer’s Assistance Program and submit to any monitoring requirement that TLAP deems necessary. Read the opinion in Board of Professional Responsibility v. Connie Reguli, authored by Chief Justice Sharon G. Lee and read the BPR release.