Professor Ausness was on the faculty of the University of Florida College of Law from 1968 until 1973. He has been a member of the faculty of the University of Kentucky College of Law since 1973. He has visited at Indiana University, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Iowa. He had been a member of the Florida Bar since 1968. He is a co-author of A Model Water Code (University of Florida Press 1973) with Frank Maloney and Scott Morris. In addition, he has published 60 articles and numerous other works. He currently teaches Property, Trusts & Estates and Products Liability and serves as Associate Dean for Faculty Research.