• Michael Lane has joined Cullen and Dykman as a partner, focusing on commercial, intellectual property, employment, banking and real estate litigation. He was a shareholder at Anderson Kill & Olick.

• The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University has named Christopher Caruso as associate dean for career services. Caruso, who earned his J.D. from Hofstra Law in 2000, was most recently a partner at Moses & Singer.