Anne-José Paulsen

Anne-José Paulsen, born in 1952, studied law. Until she retired in February 2018, she was President of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court and 1st Vice-President of the Constitutional Court for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

In 1982, Anne-José Paulsen was appointed a judge at the District Court of Düsseldorf, and in 1987 a judge at the Higher Regional Court. In 1996 she became Vice President of the District Court of Mönchengladbach, and in 1998 President of the District Court of Bochum. From 2002 to 2007 she was Chair of the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Law at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. In March 2002, Anne-José Paulsen was appointed the first female president of a higher regional court in North Rhine-Westphalia.