Talk:James Sexton (attorney)

Request: Updates based on Times of London profile

Note: This is a reposting of archived edit request that was not answered.

Hi editors, on behalf of James J. Sexton via my work at Beutler Ink, I am here to offer some updates to this article. I'd like to start by updating the article based on this profile piece in The Times of London.

Infobox

• Add birthdate: 1972
  • Note: The source material verifies Sexton's age at the time of publication; Mr. Sexton has confirmed he was born in 1972. For what it's worth, the introduction also says 1972.
• Add this citation to verify number of children

Career

• Add: He published his first book on marriage and divorce in 2018, originally titled If You’re in My Office, It’s Already Too Late in the U.S. An updated edition was published in the U.K. as How Not to F*** Up Your Marriage: Straight Talk from a Divorce Lawyer Who's Seen It All.
• Add: As of 2025, he has practiced as a divorce lawyer in New York for 25 years. He is known for representing wealthy clients, including tech executives, celebrities, and athletes. He has represented clients in more than 1,000 cases involving marital disputes.

Personal life

• Add a Personal life section with the following: Sexton is divorced with two adult sons, as of 2025. He trains in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

References

Thank you. Danilo Two (talk) 12:54, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

@Danilo Two, I was going to look into this one for you, but your source here is paywalled. Can you please provide quotes for the date of birth and "divorced with two adult sons"? Thanks, MediaKyle (talk) 21:09, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

@MediaKyle: Thanks for taking a look here. I see you removed the date of birth from the infobox, which I understand. Here are quotes from the news article I referenced for the other parts of my request:

• Personal life:
  • "Sexton has seen it all, including the demise of his own marriage over a decade ago. He has two sons in their twenties and the eldest, Noah, 28, is getting married in two weeks."
  • "James Sexton is a New York-based divorce lawyer to billionaire tech bros, film stars and elite athletes. On his website there’s a promo film setting the tone of his legal services: the 53-year-old appears in Brazilian jujitsu robes and floors a guy as his narration informs us: 'Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.' "
• Book: "He first published the book in 2018, the year TikTok became the most downloaded app in the US. … The book has been updated to reflect these trends and it has also been renamed. In America it came out as If You’re in My Office, It’s Already Too Late, but his UK publishers suggested How Not to F*** Up Your Marriage."
• Career information:
  • "He has been practising for 25 years."
  • "Sexton has acted in more than a thousand marital disputes ..."
  • " 'It amazes me that [in the US] 85 per cent of divorcees get remarried within five years,' he says. 'That’s why I’m still a romantic: I’ve represented teachers and cops, billionaire tech people, famous athletes and actors, but we are fundamentally all the same. We all suck at love but we all keep plugging away because we want to be with someone.' "

Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks Danilo Two (talk) 17:06, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Looks good to me. "Known for representing wealthy clients" might be out of place anywhere else but in this case it seems warranted. I'm not going to be a stickler about the year of birth since it was already there, but a better source would be ideal, if you could come up with one that explicitly states the year. You already know how I feel about personal information on BLPs. The place of birth could really use a reference too if you can provide one, but I'm not going to remove it, at least not at this point. Thanks for your request, you do a good job at making it easy for us. All the best, MediaKyle (talk) 17:32, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

@MediaKyle: I appreciate your reviews, feedback, questions, and collaboration. Many thanks. I am going through some other sources to see if there are any other potential updates that can be made here. Danilo Two (talk) 20:17, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Request: Updates based on The New Yorker and Los Angeles Magazine

Note: This is a reposting of archived edit request that was not answered.

Hi editors, on behalf of James J. Sexton via my work at Beutler Ink, I am requesting updates to Career based on two articles, The New Yorker and Los Angeles Magazine. This addition contains appearances on different podcasts by James Sexton and the launch of his website TrustedPrenup.com.

Career

• Add: Sexton has appeared on podcasts such as Lex Fridman, Soft White Underbelly, Modern Wisdom, The Diary of a CEO, and The Huberman Lab. In 2025, he launched TrustedPrenup.com with the aim of making prenuptial agreements accessible to a wider public, after years of working on contracts for wealthy clients.

References

Thank you. Danilo Two (talk) 21:06, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done. I could access the sources this time. Everything checks out, I've added this as written. MediaKyle (talk) 21:14, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, MediaKyle! Danilo Two (talk) 12:53, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Request: Add podcast

On behalf of James Sexton via my work at Beutler Ink, I asking editors to consider adding Sexton's podcast, Better Call Sexton, to the Career section, per CNN.

References

Thank you! Danilo Two (talk) 14:46, 7 July 2026 (UTC)