Biography

CORPORA, Joseph A., III, a Representative from Northampton County; born in Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ.; graduated, Easton Area High School, 1980; B.A., Lehigh University, 1984; J.D., Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law), 1987; associate attorney, law office of Richard J. Shiroff (1987-1990); Assistant District Attorney, Northampton County (1992-1994, 2000-2001); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1995 and 1997 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1999 term.