Katie Connell and Leigh Faulk Cummings have left two of Atlanta’s larger family law firms to start their own, Connell Cummings.

Cummings and Connell said they wanted to give clients more hands-on service in a smaller environment—and they wanted to practice together. The two met at family law firm Warner, Bates, McGough, McGinnis & Portnoy about a decade ago and became good friends.