David M. Guess is an Associate at KTBS. He graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. in History and a B.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures. Mr. Guess received his Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law in 2005, where he graduated fourth in his class. He is a member of the Order of the Coif. During law school, he served as a Staff Member and, later, as an Editor of UCLA Law Review. Mr. Guess has served as a judicial extern to both the Honorable David G. Sills, Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Three, and to the Honorable Thomas B. Donovan, United States 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 Honorable Maureen A. Tighe, United States Bankruptcy Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. He has also published two law review articles: "Exposing the Convert’s Loophole: Postdischarge Conversion as an Abuse of the Bankruptcy Process" 2005 ANN. SURVEY BANKR .L. 505 (2005) and "Disregarding The Mona Lisa’s Disappearing Mustache: An Analysis into the Increased Judicial Scrutiny of the Tax Treatment of Family Limited Partnership Interests", 32 W. ST. U. L. REV. 177 (2005).

Mr. Guess is licensed to practice law in California, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Guess is also a licensed California real estate broker.