David M. Guess

David M. Guess is an associate of KTB&S.

David M. Guess represents as appellate counsel Thorpe Insulation Co., a company with significant asbestos-related liabilities seeking to reorganize through bankruptcy. In the past, he represented as bankruptcy counsel Lake at Las Vegas Joint Venture, LLC, the developer of Lake Las Vegas Resort, and National R.V., a motor home manufacturer, both of whose chapter 11 plans were confirmed.  In 2009 and 2010, Mr. Guess was named a "Rising Star" in Super Lawyers Magazine (So. Cal. edition).

Mr. Guess received his J.D.  from UCLA School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif ( fourth in his class).  During law school, he was an Editor with UCLA Law Review. Mr. Guess served as a judicial extern to both the Hon. David G. Sills, Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Three, and the Hon. Thomas B. Donovan, U. S. Bankruptcy Judge of the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. After law school, Mr. Guess served as a law clerk to the Hon. Maureen A. Tighe, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. 

Mr. Guess is authorized to practice law in California, including before all federal district and bankruptcy courts, and  to appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.