Dick Ransel was an adjunct professor from 1980 to 1983 at the University of Notre Dame Law School, teaching creditors rights and bankruptcy. He serves as a member of the panel of private trustees for the United States Bankruptcy Court in South Bend. He has spoken at both national seminars and Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation seminars on bankruptcy law. Mr. Ransel has been honored by being listed in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America since 1993.