John L. Musmanno is a senior judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Musmanno was born in Stowe Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington & Jefferson College in 1963, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and won the Henry Wilson Temple History Prize. He graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1966, where he was an assistant editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. He is a member of the Democratic Party. In 2008, he was awarded the W. Edward Sell Achievement in Law Award from Washington & Jefferson College. He took senior status in late December 2012/early January 2013.