Dr. Robert Rasmussen

Biography

Robert K. Rasmussen joined USC Gould School of Law in August 2007. His scholarship focuses on corporate restructurings and bankruptcy. He teaches courses in Contracts, Business Bankruptcy, and the undergraduate class in Legal Profession. Appointed as the J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law and Political Science in 2015, Rasmussen served as dean from 2007 to 2015 and has taught at Vanderbilt Law School for several decades. He has also held visiting professor positions at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan law schools. As a widely cited scholar, Rasmussen is the author and co-author of dozens of articles published in the country’s leading law journals, including the Supreme Court Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Stanford Law Review, Michigan Law Review, and Yale Law Journal. He played a significant role in shaping jurisprudence in the field as the principal author of several amicus curiae briefs on behalf of law professors in important Supreme Court cases. He is a member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of AccessLex Institute.

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