About Curtis Alan
Curtis Alan Runger built a steady legal career out of steady steps. He moved from undergraduate study into law school, then into private practice and municipal work. The arc is simple and unadorned, but it reflects steady professional choices and long-standing memberships in the Tennessee legal community.
He completed his undergraduate studies at Clemson University in 1995, where he studied language, international trade and German. He went on to earn his J.D. from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 2000. Those classroom years set the foundation for a practice that spans private firm work and public service.
Early in his legal career he became involved in Tennessee bar activities. He has held memberships in the Memphis Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association and the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association since 2003. Those affiliations have provided regular contact with trial practitioners and municipal counsel across the state.
In 2004 he took a partnership role at Douglass & Runger. The record lists him as a partner that year. That period of private practice marked his most visible association with a law firm and placed him in a position to handle a range of client matters tied to the local bench and bar.
A shift toward municipal law followed. In 2013 he served as City Lawyer for the City of Gallaway. That role placed him on the front lines of local government legal work, where questions about ordinances, city operations and legal compliance come up frequently. The municipal appointment complements his private-practice background and reflects a willingness to move between public and private legal settings.
Runger is also admitted to appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. That credential indicates participation in matters at the appellate level in the federal system that covers Tennessee and neighboring states. He continues his memberships in Tennessee legal organizations and maintains a presence in the state's legal community.
He keeps an active practice that includes municipal legal matters and work in proceedings before the Sixth Circuit.
