Joseph E. Sinnott

  • Adjunct Lecturer
    Legal Studies
  • Adjunct Faculty
    Master of Public Admin

I am a life-long resident of the City of Erie and a 1988 graduate of Gannon University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry.  Following graduation, I served for eight years as a chemist and an environmental program coordinator for the City of Erie. In 1996, I continued my education at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, in Cleveland, Ohio.  Upon graduation, I returned to Erie and joined the law firm of Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey and Kroto, as an associate attorney in their litigation department.  In November of 2003, I was elected to Erie City Council, where I served two years of a four year term, before being elected, in 2005, as Erie's 50th Mayor.  I served as Mayor of the City of Erie from January of 2006 until January of 2018, successfully securing re-election in 2009 and 2013. In January of 2018, having reached the term limits for the office of Mayor, I returned to the practice of law, with the firm of Marnen, Mioduszewski, Bordonaro, Wagner & Sinnott, LLC. Since returning to practice I have focussed primarily on civil litigation, personal injury/insurance defense litigaiton, workers' compensation, domestic relations and child dependency.  I continue to stay involved in politics and I remain active in matters concerning the Erie Community. 

Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Cleveland, Ohio
August 1996 to May 1999
Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, May 1999
Recipient of the Professional Ethics and Legal Writing Awards

 

Gannon University
Erie, Pennsylvania
August 1984 to May 1988
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, May 1988

ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICE:

Mayor of the City of Erie                                              January 2006 to January 2018
Erie, Pennsylvania     


LEGAL EMPLOYMENT and PRACTICE AREAS:

Marnen, Mioduszewski, Bordonaro, Wagner & Sinnott, LLC       January 2018 to Present
516 West Tenth Street
Erie, Pennsylvania 16502

Practice Areas:
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Personal Injury/Insurance Defense Litigation
- Workers’ Compensation Litigation
- Domestic Relations Litigation
- Child Dependency

Carney & Good                                                                                August 2003 to August 2005
254 West Sixth Street
Erie, PA  16507

Practice Areas:
- Civil Litigation
- Domestic Relations Litigation
- Child Dependency

Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto                                May 1999 to November 2002
2222 West Grandview Blvd
Erie, PA  16506

Practice Areas:
- Civil Litigation
- Bankruptcy & Collection Litigation
- Environmental Litigation
- Domestic Relations Litigation


OTHER EMPLOYMENT:

Industrial Pretreatment Chemist/Coordinator                                  June 1988 to August 1996
City of Erie, Pennsylvania
 

The Classic Civil/Common Law Dichotomy and its Effect on the Functional
Equivalence of the Contemporary Environmental Law Enforcement Mechanisms
of the United States and Mexico  - Joseph E. Sinnott, Esq.

Penn State Dickinson School of Law - Journal of Environmental Law and Policy,
Volume 8, Number 2, Fall 1999

Decay Mechanisms of Laser Selected  D  States of the Eu (III) Ion
in Amorphous Crystals at Room Temperature

By Joseph E. Sinnott, Michael J. Hoh and Gerald S. Ondrey, Ph.D.
Gannon University, Erie, PA
(presented to the Pennsylvania Academy of Science on April 16, 1988)