Watters, Susan P., 1958-

Susan Pamela Watters (born June 8, 1958) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana. She is the first female judge to serve in the District of Montana.

Watters was born in 1958, in Billings, Montana. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980 from Eastern Montana College. She then received a Juris Doctor in 1988 from the University of Montana School of Law.

On May 23, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Watters to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard F. Cebull, who took senior status on March 18, 2013. Her nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 19, 2013. Cloture was invoked on her nomination on December 12, 2013, by a vote of 58–39. She was later confirmed that same day to the United States District Court for the District of Montana by a vote of 77–19. She received her judicial commission on December 18, 2013.