Jess Sargus has blazed a trail unlike any other. With 22+ years of experience in law, business, and high-stakes performance, she’s gone from the courtroom to the MMA cage, from Marvel Studios to the C-suite—and everywhere, she has had one mission: help bold humans grow and rise. As a keynote speaker, Jess fuses neuroscience, sports psychology, and real-world high-stakes experience to help ambitious professionals unleash their full potential. Whether onstage, in a workshop, or coaching leaders 1:1, Jess delivers high-energy, science-backed insight that’s built to move people—and results. Your people don’t need more information. They need action-orientation, perspective, and powerful tools to evolve.
That’s where Jess comes in.
As a certified Mental Performance Mastery Coach (MPM), Jess now speaks to and trains teams, leaders, and elite professionals in any field to activate the mindset and habits of peak performers.
Through powerful storytelling, real-world strategies, and cage-tested grit, Jess helps ambitious professionals break free from burnout and inertia, master their mental game, and step fully into their agency and power. Jess shows audiences how to execute under pressure—without compromising joy, integrity, or energy.
FREE LIVE CLE CREDIT IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL (FRACTIONAL GCs, GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS, & ALSP ATTORNEYS INCLUDED) AND SUBSCRIBERS TO IN-HOUSE CONNECT ON-DEMAND.
IF YOU ARE A LAW FIRM ATTORNEY YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND OUR LIVE EVENTS BUT UNLESS YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED TO IHC ON-DEMAND, WE WILL NOT BE PROCESSING YOUR CLE REQUESTS.
This program is approved for CLE credit in the following states: New York, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Texas.
This program is pending CLE credit in the following states: Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming and Wisconsin.
This program is pending CLE and CPD credit for self-application by the attorney or for reciprocal CLE credit in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Québec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington.
We do NOT provide CLE for: Mississippi or Arkansas.
This program is appropriate for newly admitted attorneys and experienced attorneys.
Fierce Agency for In-House Counsel: Discover How to Master Your Mind and Build Meaningful Success
Event Description
Too many in-house attorneys today are running at full speed—yet feel stuck in cycles of chronic stress, overthinking, and under-recovery. This webinar introduces Fierce Agency™: a practical and science-backed approach to choosing power over perfection, presence over paralysis, and aligned action over waiting. Discover how to activate the same mental skillsets elite athletes use to achieve peak performance, execute under pressure, and stay energized for the long game.
Join us on Tuesday, August 12 at 3pm ET / 12pm PT as Jess Sargus, JD, MPM, CEO and Founder of The Legal Athlete, shares how in-house counsel can master their minds, build resilience, and lead themselves with intention. Drawing on her 22+ years as a trial and appellate attorney, Marvel Studios counsel, unicorn startup executive, and undefeated MMA fighter, Jess will deliver actionable strategies to enhance your clarity, confidence, and capacity to thrive.
Key Takeaways:
- Green Light Mentality: Shift from analysis paralysis into aligned action using neuroscience-backed tools for focus and decision-making.
- Legal Athlete Optimal Performance Model: Map physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual capacity to peak legal performance.
- Trainable Grit & Resilience: Build endurance under stress with neuroplasticity and stress inoculation techniques.
- Energy > Time: Optimize your ultradian energy rhythms to reduce fatigue and sharpen clarity.
- MVP Alignment: Cultivate intrinsic motivation and meaning by aligning your Mission, Vision, and Principles.
- Daily Success Toolkit: Implement focus resets, AM/PM rituals, and your own MVP framework for immediate results.
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for in-house counsel seeking to overcome overwhelm, improve decision-making under pressure, and build a sustainable, meaningful career through powerful self-leadership.
There is NO COST to attend this LIVE program!
This program is FREE thanks to In-House Connect! If you can’t make it to the live program, the recording will be available for viewing via our paid CLE library, In-House Connect On-Demand!
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