• Commercial banking attorney Christopher Palmer has been named managing partner of Garden City-based Cullen and Dykman. He takes over for Thomas Douglas Jr., who served in that role since 2002 and who will remain at the firm.

• Cooperman Lester Miller in Manhassethas changed its name with the promotion of Barry Carus as a name partner. The firm is now known as Cooperman Lester Miller Carus.