E152: Jess Sargus CEO, Founder, Speaker & Self Leadership Coach at Legal Athelete and Author of Fierce Agency: How to Be the Best Leader You've Ever Had
Wed Feb 04 2026
Jess Sargus is a University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School graduate and currently works as the Founder, CEO, Speaker & Self Leadership coach at Legal Athelete and Author of her upcoming book, Fierce Agency: How to Be the Best Leader You’ve Ever Had.
This episode with Jess navigates her journey through Law School and the Law. From picking Law School as an opportunity to combine her skills and interests, to representing MMA and boxing competitors, working at Marvel, and scaling a unicorn tech company, Jess’s journey is a wild roller coaster of learning and taking opportunities to the fullest. And on top of this all, Jess is a trained and former competitive Mixed Martial Artist. Many of the learnings and wisdom throughout this episode take the mental aspects of MMA and bring them to the Legal world.
Jess and I also spoke about what she does today, as the CEO, Founder, Speaker, and Self-Leadership coach at Legal Athlete. We covered her 5 pillars of Fierce Agency, a part of her upcoming book, Fierce Agency: How to Be the Best Leader You’ve Ever Had, which is available for Pre-Sale TODAY! (So I recommend you all get it below.)
This episode with Jess was one of my favorite conversations I have ever had in this podcast’s history, clinging to every word of wisdom and insight for dear life! Be sure to check out Jess and her upcoming book below!
Jess’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesssargus
Legal Athlete: https://thelegalathlete.com/
Firece Agency: How to Be the Best Leader You’ve Ever Had Pre-Sale: https://books.manuscripts.com/product/fierce-agency/#rewards
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Jess Sargus is a University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School graduate and currently works as the Founder, CEO, Speaker & Self Leadership coach at Legal Athelete and Author of her upcoming book, Fierce Agency: How to Be the Best Leader You’ve Ever Had. This episode with Jess navigates her journey through Law School and the Law. From picking Law School as an opportunity to combine her skills and interests, to representing MMA and boxing competitors, working at Marvel, and scaling a unicorn tech company, Jess’s journey is a wild roller coaster of learning and taking opportunities to the fullest. And on top of this all, Jess is a trained and former competitive Mixed Martial Artist. Many of the learnings and wisdom throughout this episode take the mental aspects of MMA and bring them to the Legal world. Jess and I also spoke about what she does today, as the CEO, Founder, Speaker, and Self-Leadership coach at Legal Athlete. We covered her 5 pillars of Fierce Agency, a part of her upcoming book, Fierce Agency: How to Be the Best Leader You’ve Ever Had, which is available for Pre-Sale TODAY! (So I recommend you all get it below.) This episode with Jess was one of my favorite conversations I have ever had in this podcast’s history, clinging to every word of wisdom and insight for dear life! Be sure to check out Jess and her upcoming book below! Jess’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesssargus Legal Athlete: https://thelegalathlete.com/ Firece Agency: How to Be the Best Leader You’ve Ever Had Pre-Sale: https://books.manuscripts.com/product/fierce-agency/#rewards Be sure to check out the Official Sponsors for the Lawyers in the Making Podcast: Rhetoric - Empowers your teaching and training with AI that strengthens learning, protects integrity, and proves authentic understanding, for students and professionals alike, with CICERO. Find them here: userhetoric.com The Law School Operating System™ Recorded Course - This course is for ambitious law students who want a proven, simple system to learn every topic in their classes to excel in class and on exams. Go to www.lisablasser.com, check out the student tab with course offerings, and use code LSOSNATE10 at checkout for 10% off Lisa’s recorded course! Start LSAT - Founded by former guest and 22-year-old superstar, Alden Spratt, Start LSAT was built upon breaking down barriers, allowing anyone access to high-quality LSAT Prep. For $110, you get the Start LSAT self-paced course, and using code LITM10, you get 10% off the self-paced course! Check out Alden and Start LSAT at startlsat.com and use code LITM10 for 10% off the self-paced course! Lawyers in the Making Podcast is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Lawyers in the Making Podcast at lawyersinthemaking.substack.com/subscribe