Lawyer Who Jumped From New Courthouse Gets Sentenced

JOLIET, IL — Adam Wirtz, the thrill-seeking lawyer from North Aurora, has been sentenced at the Will County Courthouse in connection with criminal trespass to property. Earlier this year, Wirtz scaled the 10-story construction site late at night and jumped off the new Will County Courthouse building wearing a parachute.

He safely landed in a parking lot for the Joliet Police station and got arrested.

At last week's sentencing, attorney Adam Wirtz was fined $600 and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service work for a non-profit organization at a rate of 10 hours per month. Will County documents indicate 50 hours will be performed at an animal shelter.

He also ended up getting one year of court supervision.

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Several out of town lawyers, mostly from DuPage and Kane Counties, provided letters of good character to the Will County judicial officials in hopes of pursuing the Will County judicial system to give Wirtz a lenient sentence.

Here's an excerpt from one of the letters:

"Adam is the type of person that gets along well with everyone. He interacts well with attorneys and non-attorneys alike," said attorney Reginald Campbell of Pedersen Campbell & Irvin in Aurora. "I have received plenty of comments like, 'who was that young man, he is so nice.' Adam was very supportive of me when my dad passed away in December 2016, whom he had met on multiple occasions. His support was very important to me as I struggled with the sudden loss of my father ... In summary, Adam is of high moral character and treats everyone with the dignity and respect they deserve."

Last month, Joliet Patch reported that Adam Wirtz provided the court with correspondence taking responsibility for his criminal behavior.

"I believe I am a productive and upstanding citizen," Wirtz wrote in a letter reflecting on the incident that sparked his arrest. "I made a terrible mistake by going into the courthouse construction site. Already, I have learned a valuable lesson by merely having to deal with this situation and any repercussions from it. It is certainly not something I will repeat."