Douglas E. Ray
Dean of the College of Law
Office: LC 2000C
Phone: 419.530.2379
Email: Douglas.Ray@utoledo.edu
Dean Ray's Faculty page
Douglas E. Ray is Dean and Professor of Law. Before joining the Toledo faculty, he served as Dean of the Widener University School of Law and Vice President of Widener University from January 1999 until June 2005. Prior to that Deanship, he taught at The University of Toledo College of Law where he served as Charles W. Fornoff Professor of Law and Values and also as an associate dean.
A graduate of the University of Minnesota and the Harvard Law School, Dean Ray has served as an economist with the U.S. Department of Labor, a labor attorney with Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis and a professor at the University of Richmond Law School. He is a veteran of the United States Army.
Dean Ray has been active in professional and civic organizations, including state and local bar associations and the Association of American Law Schools, for which he served as chair of the Labor and Employment Section.
Dean Ray is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators and has been a frequent speaker on national programs concerning labor and employment law. He has appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal and has given the Keynote Address at the Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference.
Since 1999, Dean Ray has chaired the annual four-day Course in Labor Law and Labor Arbitration sponsored by the Center for American and International Law (formerly the Southwestern Legal Foundation) in Plano, Texas.
Dean Ray has taught and published in the fields of labor law, employment discrimination law, torts and labor arbitration. He is co-author of two labor law treatises and over twenty law journal articles.
Daniel J. Steinbock
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Harold A. Anderson Professor of Law & Values
Office: LC 2000E
Phone: 419.530.4107
E-Mail: daniel.steinbock@utoledo.edu
Dean Steinbock's Faculty page
Daniel J. Steinbock is Harold A. Anderson Professor of Law and Values and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Toledo College of Law. He has been a member of the faculty since 1985 and has taught Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Administrative Law, Immigration Law, and Trial Practice. He was voted Outstanding Professor by six spring graduating classes. Prior to joining the College of Law, he taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Seattle University.
Dean Steinbock received his undergraduate and law degrees from Yale University. Before entering law teaching he worked as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Constance Baker Motley of the Southern District of New York, as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society in state and federal courts in New York City, and as Associate and Executive Director of Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York. Dean Steinbock also served as Education Coordinator in Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand for the International Rescue Committee. He is co-author of Unaccompanied Children:
Care and Protection in Wars, Natural Disasters and Refugee Movements (Oxford U. Press), whose recommendations were adopted by United Nations agencies. Dean Steinbock has also written law review articles and book chapters about refugee children, refugee law, search and seizure, identity documentation, and data mining. He is currently a member of the Ohio Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Lee A. Pizzimenti
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Professor of Law
Office: LC 2000C
Phone: 419.530.4125
E-Mail: lee.pizzimenti@utoledo.edu
Dean Pizzimenti's Faculty page
Professor Lee A. Pizzimenti, a faculty member since 1985, is a graduate of the University of Michigan (BGS) and Wayne State University (JD). Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Pizzimenti clerked for Judge Engel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth circuit and was associated with the firm of Dykema Gossett in Detroit. Professor Pizzimenti has been active in a number of professional and civic organizations including the State Bar of Michigan Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, the American Civil Liberties Union and the United Way.
Carol E. Frendt
Assistant Dean for Law Admissions
Office: LC 1015
Phone: 419.530.4131
E-Mail: carol.frendt@utoledo.edu
Carol Frendt graduated from Ball State University with an A.B. She served as the law registrar for two years and has been in admissions 28 years. She belongs to Association of American Law Schools, Midwest Alliance for Law Admissions, Midwest Association of Prelaw Advisors and National Network of Law School Officers.
Heather S. Karns
Assistant Dean for Law Career Services and Alumni Affairs
Office: LC 1037
Phone: 419.530.2851
E-Mail: heather.karns@utoledo.edu
Heather Karns received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Toledo in 1994, and a Masters Degree in Counseling from Clemson University in 1996. She also maintains a Professional Counselor's license.
After working as a counselor in the areas of mental health and job retention, she returned to a university setting and served as Assistant Director for Employment & Recruitment at Clemson University's Career Center. In 2003, she joined The University of Toledo College of Law as Director of Law Career Services and now supervises both Career Services and Alumni Affairs in the Office of Professional Development.
She is involved in the National Association of Law Placement and is a regular presenter at its annual conference on such topics as Small and Mid-Size Firm Hiring Practices, Evening Students Best Practices and, most recently, Best Practices in Law Student Professional Development. She has written two articles for NALP’s newsletter, The Bulletin, and is co-author of an essay on job search skills published in Volume 40 (2009) of the University of Toledo Law Review. She is also a member of The Toledo Bar Association’s Diversity Committee.
