Gareth David Pahowka

Gareth is a shareholder Saxton & Stump Education Group where he concentrates his practice in all areas of public education, including labor, employment, and collective bargaining matters. In 2014, his impressive tax assessment work took him to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to litigate a case that ended up saving his client several hundred thousand dollars. He came to Saxton & Stump in 2025 from longtime York County law firm Stock & Leader.

A former social studies teacher in the Gettysburg Area School District, Gareth started his legal career as a legal assistant in the Pennsylvania Department of Education Chief Counsel’s Office. In his private practice, that experience allows him to understand the viewpoints of both administration members and teachers.

Gareth is the secretary of The Wildcat Foundation, which works to provide funding for projects at the Mechanicsburg Area School District that the district doesn’t traditionally fund. He is also the past president of the board of directors at Big Brothers Big Sisters of York and Adams Counties, and in 2014, the Big Brothers Big Sisters State Association named him “Big Brother of the Year.”

In 2017, the Central Penn Business Journal named Gareth to its Forty Under 40 list for his commitment to business growth, professional excellence, and community service.