Judge Susan Riffle is a native of Harrison County and grew up in Clarksburg. She has a 1987 bachelor's degree in business from Fairmont State College and a 1990 law degree from West Virginia University College of Law.

She was elected to a seat in the Nineteenth Family Court Circuit (Marion County) in May 2016, for a term beginning January 1, 2017.

She previously had practiced law with the firm of Hodges & Riffle PLLC with attorney J.T. Hodges since 2006. She served as Marion County’s elected prosecuting attorney from 2002 to 2006. She was also a sole practitioner from 1990 to 2000.

Judge Riffle is a board member of the Communities of Shalom, President of the Stepping Stone, Inc., Trustee at LIFE United Methodist Church, Adjunct Professor at Pierpont Community and Technical College, on the Board of Wesley Foundation, and is a board member of Fairmont Community Development Partnership.