About Judge Hansen
1976 Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
1976-1977 Utah Supreme Court Clerk 1976-1977
1977 – 1986 Private Practice
1986 -1993 Wasatch County Attorney
1993-2014 – District Court Judge, Utah Fourth Judicial District
1998-1999 - Presiding Judge, Fourth District Court
2014 – present - Senior District Court Judge for the State of Utah
Board of District Court Judges
Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee
Grand Jury panel for the State of Utah
Wasatch County Drug Court judge
Utah County Mental Health Court judge
Justice Award from Utah State Board of Substance Abuse and Mental Health - 2007
Outstanding Service Award from Wasatch Mental Health from the 4th District Mental Health Court - 2008
Judge Steven L. Hansen was appointed to the Fourth District Court in August 1993 by Gov. Michael O. Leavitt. He earned a law degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1976. He served as a law clerk in the Utah Supreme Court in 1976, and then went into private law practice. He was Wasatch County Attorney from 1986 until his appointment to the bench. Judge Hansen served as presiding judge of the Fourth District Court from 1998 to 1999. In addition, he has served on the Board of District Court Judges and as judge for both Wasatch County Drug Court and Utah.