Governor DeWine appoints Natale to Warren Municipal Court

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Friday announced the appointment of Natasha K. Natale to the Warren Municipal Court. 

Natale, of Warren, will assume office on May 10, 2024, and will be taking the seat formerly held by Judge Thomas Gysegem, who resigned. She will serve the remainder of the unfinished term and will need to run for election in November of 2025 to retain the seat. 

Most recently, Natale served as a Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Prior to working for the Ohio Attorney General's Office, she served as general counsel for the Ohio Public Employees Deferred Compensation Program. She worked as a magistrate for the Portage County Common Pleas Court, assistant county prosecutor for the Mahoning County Prosecutor's Office, practitioner at Natasha Frenchko, LLC, and an associate attorney at Mead Pezillo LLP. 

In 2000, Natale received a bachelor's degree from Youngstown State University. She received her juris doctor from the University of Akron in 2004. 

Natale is a member of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown Child Abuse Review Board. 

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