Joseph Chirra earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
political science from The Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor
degree from The University of San Diego School of Law. He is a member of Pi Sigma
Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, and Phi Alpha Delta, the
national legal fraternity. He has been a member of the California Bar and the
Federal Bar since 1974 and was the founder and, for many years, the managing
partner of a ten-lawyer law firm engaged in civil and criminal defense
litigation.
Since 1976, Mr. Chirra has
been an associate professor of political science at MiraCosta College, where he
has also taught criminal evidence in the Administration of Justice program. He
is a founder and was the first president of the MiraCosta College Theatre Arts
Foundation. He is a founder and was the first president of the MiraCosta
College Academic Associate Faculty, CCA/CTA/NEA.
Additionally, Mr. Chirra has
served as a principal in the development of several residential real estate
projects in California and Pennsylvania and he has been a licensed California
real estate broker.
Mr. Chirra is the author of A Life of Riches: Your Own Personal
Success Manual, a book about personal achievement, goal-setting,
networking, and career-building.
His black and white fine art photograph, Sea Ranch, was judged Best in Show at the North County Photographic Society's
Members' Photographic Exhibition.
With his wife,