
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Kylie Runkle
Associate
Kylie B. Runkle is an Associate in the Orange County office of Messner Reeves LLP. Her practice focuses on insurance defense and litigation matters, including high-exposure torts, product & premises liability, employment law, and general business litigation. Prior to joining Messner Reeves, Kylie practiced at a California-based firm where she represented businesses and individuals in complex litigation matters.
A magna cum laude graduate, Kylie earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communications, with a concentration in Public Relations and a minor in Philosophy from California State University, Sacramento. Kylie graduated undergrad early finishing her degree in a total of 2.5 years. Kylie again graduated early when she earned her Juris Doctor from Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. While in law school, she served as an Associate Editor for the Corporate and Business Law Journal and held leadership positions in multiple student organizations including the First-Generation Law Students Association.
She is admitted to practice in California and before the United States District Court Eastern District of California and the United States District Court Central District of California.
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, JD, December 2024
California State University, Sacramento, B.A. in Communications: Public Relations, minor in Philosophy; Magna Cum Laude, January 2022
Best Above the Line Editor Award for the Corporate and Business Law Journal
Sacramento County Bar Association
Member of Alpha Phi Sorority
First generation college student and law student



