Daniel J. Bussel received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and is a 1985 graduate of the Stanford Law School where he was the Nathan Abbott Scholar and a member of Order of the Coif. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor and the Honorable Stephen G. Breyer after graduating law school. He then specialized in bankruptcy reorganization law at O'Melveny & Myers where he represented trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, licensees and acquirers of assets from bankruptcy estates.
From 1992 to 2001, Mr. Bussel was a full time member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Law where he holds the rank of Professor of Law. He taught basic and advanced courses in bankruptcy, commercial law and contracts. Mr. Bussel has published numerous scholarly articles and authored leading casebooks in the fields of bankruptcy and contract law.
Mr. Bussel has been engaged as an expert consultant and witness in a variety of matters related to bankruptcy and commercial law including jurisdictional issues, fraudulent transfer litigation, and assumption and assignment of executory contracts.
Mr. Bussel joined KTBS during the summer of 2001.