Susan Peikes Gantman at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Current assignment
- Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Susan Peikes Gantman
Judge · Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2014-present
- From 1977–1978, she was a judicial law clerk for Judge Richard S. Lowe in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas
- Retired senior judge and former President Judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court, widely recognized for her work as a child advocate and her contributions to appellate jurisprudence
Education
- Villanova University School of Law in — J.D. (1977)
- B.A. and M.A. degrees cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974
Additional information
- In 2022, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appointed her to the Judicial Conduct Board, a four-year term investigating judicial misconduct.
- Elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 2004 after a narrowly contested Republican primary, she served until 2020.
- In 2014, her peers elected her President Judge for a five-year term (2014–2019).
- Gantman received the Anne X. Alpern Award (PA Bar Association, 2011), the Margaret Richardson Award (Montgomery Bar Association, 2008), and the Brandeis Law Society Award.
- Born August 8, 1952.
- Date of birth: 1952-08-08
- She later practiced law in private practice, chaired domestic relations departments at Sherr, Joffe & Zuckerman and Cozen O’Connor, and was known for expertise in family law, juvenile law, and appellate matters
- She continues to lecture for bar associations and law enforcement agencies
- She was also honored by the Villanova Law Alumni Association and the University of Pennsylvania
- Birth place: Norristown, Pennsylvania
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Exhibits
Statewide
For Pennsylvania Common Pleas proceedings, statewide Pa.R.J.A. 1910 prohibits courtroom broadcasting, recording, and photography unless an exception or judicial authorization applies; the rule also recognizes judge-authorized electronic or photographic means for evidence presentation.
the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidence201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom ↗
Sources
Identity source checked June 30, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 2, 2026.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · Source checked August 2, 2026
View Superior Court of Pennsylvania current judicial profile ↗201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 2026
View 201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom ↗