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# Susan Peikes Gantman

Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## 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

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### recording photography evidence presentation

Scope: 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.

Evidence excerpt: the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidence

[201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8231/susan-peikes-gantman/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8231/susan-peikes-gantman/)
- [Superior Court of Pennsylvania current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8231/susan-peikes-gantman/)
- [201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8231/susan-peikes-gantman/)
- [Susan Peikes Gantman - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Susan_Peikes_Gantman)
- [Susan Gantman - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Gantman)

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