Gero Debusmann

Gero Debusmann (born November 3, 1943 in Bensberg ) is a German judge and former president of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Hamm .

biography

After studying law from 1964 to 1969 at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster , the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and the Ruhr University Bochum , which he graduated with the first state examination in 1969 and the second state examination in 1973 , he was employed in 1974 Judge service of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The appointment as a judge for life after the end of his trial reporter time took place as a judge at the regional court in Essen . In 1983 he moved to the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia as a consultant , but in October 1983 he returned to the regional court (LG) Essen as presiding judge. In December 1987 he was first Vice-President before he was appointed President of the LG Essen in 1990.

On January 1, 1996, he was appointed President of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Hamm , the largest OLG in the Federal Republic of Germany with almost 700 employees . In March 2002 he was also appointed a member of the Constitutional Court for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (VGH NRW) . Debusmann is also co-editor of the North Rhine-Westphalian Administrative Gazette (NWVBl.).

During the official assessment of a judge subordinate to him in proceedings 12 K 1040/04 and 12 L 192/05 before the Administrative Court of Gelsenkirchen with the subsequent proceedings before the Higher Administrative Court of Münster 1 A 712/05, suspicion of perjury was raised against him. On reaching the age of 65, he retired on November 30, 2008. There was already a legal dispute in advance about the upcoming successor as President of the OLG Hamm.

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• Biography on the homepage of the VGH NRW
• "The judiciary should take more tasks into its own hands" , interview in JustizIntern, issue 4/2008, p. 4
• Interview with HammTV about the future of the OLG Hamm

Publications and lectures

• Debusmann, Gero: "Career prospects in the judiciary" , 2000
• ders .: "Career prospects in the judiciary" , 2001
• ders .: "3rd state examination: a superfluous braid? Nobody has invented anything better" , DRiZ 2002, 400
• ders .: "Career prospects in the judiciary" , 2003
• ders .: "The reform of the ZPO - an effectiveness check - the new right of appeal from a judicial point of view" , NJW 2004, supplement to issue 27, 6
• ders .: "On the professional profile of the lawyer" , 2005
• Huber, Michael / Selbherr, Paul / Debusmann, Gero and others: "The reform of the ZPO - an impact control, reports A for the German Juristentag" , Munich 2004, ISBN 3406522467

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "suspect" , Lawblog from December 12, 2004
2. ^ "Justitia between Denver and Dallas" , DRiZ 2005, 13
3. ↑ taz of December 11, 2004: "Female judges became trial hansel" [1]
4. ↑ "The main thing is consensus" , interview with WA-Online from November 15, 2008  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ "OLG President Debusmann is going into retirement" , in the west of November 28, 2008
6. ↑ "Dispute over judges" , Lawblog from October 21, 2008