Born in Tulsa, David was admitted to practice in 2004. He received his Bachelor of Science from Oklahoma City University in 2000 majoring in Criminal Justice, Political Science and Sociology, and in 2003, his Juris Doctrate from the University of Tulsa. In 2005 he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force and the Oklahoma Air National Guard as a Judge Advocate General.

Mr. Guten focuses the majority of his practice on elder law and estate planning, business law and corporate formation, civil litigation, and high conflict family law cases. Mr. Guten also concentrates a special area of his practice to military law and is one of the few certified military attorneys in private practice throughout Oklahoma.

He is licensed to practice in all Oklahoma District Courts, the US Northern District of Oklahoma, the US Western District of Oklahoma, the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.