Natalie M. Petric
President

Natalie M. Petric currently serves as Senior Enforcement Counsel in the Legal and Market Regulation Department of CME Group. She is responsible for litigating cases and prosecuting market participants in enforcement actions before the Exchange’s disciplinary committees. When litigating cases in hearings on the merits of investigations, she must advocate on behalf of the company and present evidence related to futures and options transactions. For seven years prior to joining CME Group, Natalie developed litigation experience during her tenures as a civil defense trial attorney and as a prosecutor as an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Natalie graduated cum laude from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. She received her law degree from the DePaul University College of Law. She is the proud granddaughter of past Justinian President, Anthony J. Fornelli and resides in Chicago with her husband James, also an attorney, and two daughters, ages two and four months.

Hon. Regina A. Scannicchio
1st Vice President

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Regina A. Scannicchio sits in the Domestic Relations Division. She was appointed in 2011 and elected in 2012.  Prior to that, she was the principle in a private practice concentrating in the area of family law. A graduate of DePaul University and The John Marshall Law School, Regina served as President of The John Marshall Alumni Association, receiving the Distinguished Service Award from the school’s Alumni Association and the Spirit of John Marshall Award from the school’s Board of Trustees. She serves on the boards of the Illinois Judges Association and the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago and the executive boards of The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii and the Little Italy Chicago Neighborhood Association. She received the da Vinci Award for Community Service from the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America.

Dion U. Davi 
2nd Vice President

Dion U. Davi is the founding attorney of Davi Law Group, LLC, which concentrates in the areas of family law, criminal law, estate planning, and motorsports law with offices in Wheaton, Naperville, Chicago, and Joliet. Dion received his Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School after attending DePaul University, where he received his B.A. in psychology. He has served as an officer, including the President, of the DuPage Justinian Society of Lawyers. He has also served on the Board of Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Board of Directors of the DuPage County Bar Association. Dion has received recognitions as an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star 2010-2013, Illinois Super Lawyer 2015-2019, and Law Bulletin Leading Lawyer 2015-2019.

Bruno R. Marasso
3rd Vice President

Bruno R. Marassois a Senior Associate Attorney at Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, where he focuses his practice in the areas of automobile collisions, wrongful death, premises liability, police misconduct and institutional misconduct. Bruno has served on the Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association and is an active member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Chicago Bar Association and American Association of Justice. He was named as an Emerging Lawyer by Law Bulletin Publishing Company for 2017 and 2018, and a Rising Star by Super Lawyer in 2018. While a law student at Chicago-Kent, he was a four-time recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Award. 

Michael D. Pisano
Treasurer

Michael D. Pisano is an associate in Ice Miller’s Litigation Group where he prosecutes and defends civil litigation matters with an emphasis in representing owners and construction professionals in claims for breach of contract, defective construction, construction delay, personal injury and property damage. He received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from The John Marshall Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. Among his many scholarships and awards were the Lupel & Amari Scholarship and the Justinian Society of Lawyers Scholarship. He has been an active Justinian since law school, serving on the Executive, Newsletter, Membership, Website and other committees. He has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” from 2014 to 2019.