Goodbye Michael Eberle, welcome Alexander Kessler! Eberle has no longer been the director of the Landsberg district court since last year. On August 1st he moved to the Fuggerstadt for the position of vice president of the Augsburg regional court. Alexander Kessler came to Landsberg on December 1st to fill the vacant position. The whole thing was officially celebrated this Wednesday.
Landsberg - In the ballroom of the historic town hall - and with many high-ranking guests from the Bavarian judiciary - Eberle was farewelled and Kessler was introduced into office. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heßler, President of the Bavarian Constitutional Court and the Munich Higher Regional Court, took the guests through a quick run through the lives of the two protagonists of the ceremony.
Change of director in the Landsberg district court - Eberle was director for seven years
Eberle was born in Schongau and studied law at the LMU in Munich. He took up the first position of his career at the Memmingen Regional Court. From there it went on to the Memmingen public prosecutor's office and the Kempten public prosecutor's office. He then worked as a family and juvenile judge in the Kaufbeuren district court. It went on to the Augsburg public prosecutor's office and finally to Munich. From there, Eberle moved to the Weilheim District Court as deputy director and in 2016 finally to Landsberg as director of the district court.
The best time in his legal career were the seven years in Landsberg, said Michael Eberle in his speech. A cozy lunch with colleagues in the garden, a chat in the hallway or in the police station - there was always a family atmosphere in 'his district court'. He is sure that trust and cohesion were a “lubricant” “so that the machine runs despite the load.”
All good things...
His successor is not unknown to the volunteer firefighter and former Schongau city councilor Eberle: Kessler was already his deputy in the Landsberg district court. Before he ended up in Lechstadt three times, the Munich native started his career in the public prosecutor's office in Augsburg, where he also studied. Afterwards we went to Landsberg for the first time, then back to Augsburg. He ended up in Lechstadt a second time, this time as Eberle's deputy, and finally as director of the district court in Neu-Ulm for a good three years. On December 1st last year, he took over Eberle's position as head of the district court in Landsberg.
His inauguration in Neu-Ulm could not take place because of Corona, said Kessler. He is all the more pleased about the one in Landsberg. The new position is “a great honor” for him. He thanked his former boss for the time they spent together. “You never let the director hang out,” he said to Eberle, whom he knew from his “public prosecutor’s days.” It just fit.
He and his team are facing a number of challenges, such as electronic files, the new working conditions since Corona or the labor market in general. He still seemed confident as he stood at the front of the lectern and quoted a former superior who had said to him many years ago: “Me, Mr. Kessler, if things go well, you might become district court director.”