predecessor city imagesize nationality party office birth_date order term_start article_title name occupation alma_mater
rick filippi erie , pennsylvania 220px american democratic mayor of erie , pennsylvania 1966 47 th january 2 , 2006 joseph e. sinnott
 joseph sinnott chemist , attorney gannon university case western reserve university school of law
joseph e. sinnott

joseph e. `` joe '' sinnott -lrb- born c. 1966 -rrb- is the incumbent mayor of erie , pennsylvania .
a democrat , he has served as mayor since january 2006 .
a lifelong resident of erie , sinnott graduated from academy high school in 1984 , and gannon university in 1988 with a b.s. in chemistry .
he worked as a chemist at the erie waste water treatment plant for eight years .
he was accepted to case western reserve university school of law in 1996 and graduated in 1999 .
he joined the firm of quinn , buseck , leemhuis , toohey & kroto in erie , concentrating in the areas of environmental and commercial litigation , and later practiced domestic and family law with the erie firm of carney & good for several years .
he also worked at resource settlement for a few years up until being elected to city council .
in 2003 , sinnott was elected to the city council for a four-year term .
in 2005 , he successfully ran for mayor of erie , taking office on january 2 , 2006 .
sinnott was reelected in 2009 .
his parents , edward and gloria sinnott , were both public school teachers .
