Susan Gantman

Susan Peikes Gantman was a senior judge and president judge emeritus of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. She has been described by historians as "a tireless advocate on behalf of children and other victims of abuse." Formative years and family A daughter of Thelma Peikes and Dr. Irwin L. Peikes, and the wife of Lewis Gantman, Susan Peikes Gantman was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. She earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees as a cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1974 and her Juris Doctor degree from the Villanova University School of Law in 1977. Legal career A law clerk of Judge Richard S. Lowe in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas from 1977 to 1978, Gantman was employed as the solicitor for both the Montgomery County Office of Children and Youth and the Montgomery County Housing and Community Development from 1978 to 2002, and a Montgomery County assistant district attorney for the major felony-homicide unit from 1978 to 1981. She then entered private practice as an attorney in 1981 and served in that capacity until 2004, during which time she provided guidance to clients regarding domestic law, juvenile law, Orphans’ Court actions, and appellate issues. In 1991, she became a partner with Sherr, Joffe & Zuckerman, P.C., and chaired the firm's domestic relations department. Hired as a senior member of Cozen O’Connor in 1998, she co-chaired that firm's family law department.