Connie Lynn Reguli

CONNIE REGULI is a mother, a grandmother, an attorney, a business owner, AND an advocate for change.  Her law career started as a prosecutor of domestic violence and child abuse.  In this capacity, she learned the tragic consequences of physical and emotional abuse in the intimate sphere of family relationships. 

For over twenty years she has had a private practice defending the rights of parenting, families, and children against the intrusive interference of government entities.   Her published case of Andrews v. Hickman County has been quoted many times as the Sixth Circuit’s clarification that the Fourth Amendment DOES apply to social workers.   She had the first case in Tennessee representing children against parents in a suit for damages after years of abuse.  She is currently involved in suing Williamson County for the constitutional violations of the treatment of a juvenile while held in detention. 

Her advocacy for change pushed her to build a social media network of families, professionals, and lawmakers as a centralized place for the posting of ongoing activities in the child welfare arena.  The Family Forward Project on Facebook has over 5,000 members and it provides a forum for the posting of new stories, legislative announcements, personal stories, and legal training.  With this central point of information, it is easy to see that this issue is of major public concern.