Three attorneys with ties to one of the largest law firms in the city are branching out on their own. Gino Bulso and George Nolan, trial lawyers at Boult Cummings Conners & Berry PLC will team up with Bill Leader, a former member of Boult Cummings, to form a new firm specializing in trial and appellate court practice.

Initially the firm will be named Leader & Bulso PLC. The name will change to Leader, Bulso & Nolan PLC when George Nolan leaves Boult Cummings to join the new practice on July 15.

The three partners have more than six decades of legal experience and have brought about 200 cases to verdict. Boult Cummings is embracing the move.

"Gino and George have spent many years at Boult Cummings and have provided great service to us and our clients," says Jay Hardcastle, managing director of Boult Cummings.

"They are both outstanding attorneys who have contributed so much to our firm. We will miss them, but are very happy and supportive of their decision to join Boult Cummings alumnus, Bill Leader, to form a new law firm. We know that they will remain great friends of the firm."

Leader worked as a trial lawyer at Boult Cummings for 18 years and is the senior attorney at Leader & Associates PLC. He concentrates primarily in personal injury litigation.

Gino Bulso is a 22-year Boult Cummings veteran. His practice focuses on business and commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He is admitted to practice before all state courts in Tennessee and before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 6th, 7th and 11th Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Middle District of Tennessee, the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, the Southern District of Texas, the Southern District of California, the District of Maine, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Nolan has practiced at Boult Cummings for 17 years. He specializes in tort litigation with an emphasis on automobile collision, medical malpractice, product liability, premises liability, and fraud suits.

He also maintains an active practice in the areas of business litigation, insurance coverage litigation, environmental litigation, and eminent domain litigation.

The firm will be located on the 17th floor of the Bank of America building.