Jess Sargus is a powerhouse keynote speaker, workshop leader, and high-performance coach who helps professionals stop waiting for permission and start leading their lives through bold, strategic action. She is the author of the forthcoming book, Fierce Agency™, and the founder of The Legal Athlete, a company dedicated to helping lawyers and high achievers close the gap between their potential and their performance, and live in alignment with their boldest goals.

Known for her dynamic, transformative talks grounded in mental performance mastery, sports psychology, and neuroscience, Jess teaches lawyers and leaders to think, execute, and win like elite athletes — especially under pressure. Her signature approach empowers high performers to build highly successful, fulfilling, sustainable lives and careers.

Jess’s background is as unique as her coaching framework. Before founding The Legal Athlete, she held executive legal roles across industries, including as Global Head of Business Affairs at Jellysmack, a unicorn ($1B) startup in the creator economy, and Counsel at Marvel Studios and Disney, where she negotiated high-stakes talent and production deals for blockbuster films, streaming series, and immersive theme park experiences. She also has litigated in courtrooms across the country in personal injury, mass tort, and commercial cases, negotiated 9-figure settlements, and founded The Brazen Sports Agency, representing professional MMA fighters and boxers in major media and sponsorship deals.

As an undefeated former boxer and MMA fighter herself, Jess brings both lived experience and elite strategy to the professionals she coaches. Her Fierce Agency™ method blends neuroscience-backed tools with high-performance psychology to help people take ownership of their mindset, choices, and results. The throughline in all her work: success begins when you learn to lead yourself.

Jess is the creator and host of “The Legal Athlete Podcast” and the video interview series, “Jess Gets a Round: Inside the Pro Fighter’s Mind.” She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Williams College, and is admitted to practice in NY, TX, and PA, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court.