Judge Carol Hansen District 6, Office 2

Born in Oklahoma City, Judge Carol Hansen received a bachelor's degree and a Juris Doctor degree from Oklahoma City University. She served as municipal judge in Stillwater in 1983 and as marshal for the Oklahoma Supreme Court in 1984.

She was appointed as a judge to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals in 1985 and was again elected in a contested election in 1986. In 1993, Hansen became the first woman to serve as chief judge of any appellate court in Oklahoma.

She is a member of the American Judicature Society, American, Oklahoma and Oklahoma County bar associations, Dispute Resolution Advisory Board and the Ginsburg Inn of Court. Judge Hansen also serves as an Oklahoma City University trustee and is an Oklahoma Bar Foundation Fellow. She married Paul Hansen, who is now deceased, and she has five children - Elizabeth, Patti, Judith, Mary and Heidi.