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Federal Appeals judge had a "side gig" as head of a PR company (?!)
Posted on 8/6/26 at 10:58 am
Posted on 8/6/26 at 10:58 am
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A Trump-appointed federal appeals judge spent months running a Washington public affairs firm after being appointed to the bench last year, an arrangement that contributed to an exodus among the firm's staff and clients and only ended when the firm went out of business at the end of June.
Jennifer Mascott, a former conservative law professor who sits on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, was deeply involved in daily operations at the firm, Adfero, for at least six months after she was confirmed as a judge in October 2025, according to 14 former employees and clients granted anonymity to discuss internal details of the firm's final months.
Nine of the former employees said Mascott, who inherited her ownership stake in the firm from her late husband in 2023, worked at least once a week out of Adfero's office in Washington and oversaw the firm's staffing, business development efforts and client relations in between her full-time judicial duties in Wilmington and Philadelphia.
The firm was historically a nonpartisan business that did public relations and marketing work for companies and trade associations such as PhRMA and the National Retail Federation. In the final months of the business, Mascott brought on consultants with strong MAGA credentials, according to eight of the former employees and clients. Her leadership of the firm involved operational and strategic decisions: She required her signoff on marketing materials and suggested staff pitch the firm's services to health insurers after the loss of crucial clients like PhRMA.
The details of Mascott's involvement with the firm, which have not been previously reported, come amid a yearslong push by members of Congress and others in the legal community for stricter ethical requirements for judges. While judges are barred from engaging in business activities that could call their impartiality into question, they may maintain ownership of family businesses as long as they are not using the prestige of their judgeship to further the business or taking significant time away from their judicial duties.
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A Trump-appointed federal appeals judge spent months running a Washington public affairs firm after being appointed to the bench last year, an arrangement that contributed to an exodus among the firm's staff and clients and only ended when the firm went out of business at the end of June.
Jennifer Mascott, a former conservative law professor who sits on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, was deeply involved in daily operations at the firm, Adfero, for at least six months after she was confirmed as a judge in October 2025, according to 14 former employees and clients granted anonymity to discuss internal details of the firm's final months.
Nine of the former employees said Mascott, who inherited her ownership stake in the firm from her late husband in 2023, worked at least once a week out of Adfero's office in Washington and oversaw the firm's staffing, business development efforts and client relations in between her full-time judicial duties in Wilmington and Philadelphia.
The firm was historically a nonpartisan business that did public relations and marketing work for companies and trade associations such as PhRMA and the National Retail Federation. In the final months of the business, Mascott brought on consultants with strong MAGA credentials, according to eight of the former employees and clients. Her leadership of the firm involved operational and strategic decisions: She required her signoff on marketing materials and suggested staff pitch the firm's services to health insurers after the loss of crucial clients like PhRMA.
The details of Mascott's involvement with the firm, which have not been previously reported, come amid a yearslong push by members of Congress and others in the legal community for stricter ethical requirements for judges. While judges are barred from engaging in business activities that could call their impartiality into question, they may maintain ownership of family businesses as long as they are not using the prestige of their judgeship to further the business or taking significant time away from their judicial duties.
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 10:58 am to Eurocat
You got him this time! 
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:00 am to Eurocat
It sounds like she was overseeing the shut down of her deceased husband's business.
You are really on to something here, Sherlock.
You are really on to something here, Sherlock.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:01 am to Eurocat
Eurocat would like to order one Peach Mint at lunch.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:04 am to Eurocat
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Mascott, who inherited her ownership stake in the firm from her late husband in 2023
Did you conveniently skip over this part?
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:06 am to Eurocat
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Mascott said she adhered to legal and ethical requirements and ensured she was fully transparent with relevant authorities during her stewardship of Adfero. But her former employees and some of the firm's clients said the arrangement made them uncomfortable.
So, she didn't do anything actually wrong, but people were uncomfortable.
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Judicial ethics experts said Mascott's operation of the firm falls in a gray area, given its nature as a family business. The U.S. court system's code of conduct for judges generally allows continued participation in "a closely held family business," but warns such participation "may be prohibited if it takes too much time or involves misuse of judicial prestige or if the business is likely to come before the court on which the judge serves."
Even the law professors who will always and everywhere say the Trump administration is unethical can't say anything is wrong here.
And, as always, literally not one source making the allegations is a person who is named. They're all former employees and the firm is defunct so there is absolutely no legitimate reason to keep them anonymous.
This is horseshite even for journalism in 2026.
This post was edited on 8/6/26 at 11:07 am
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:07 am to Eurocat
Maybe she can get on the board of a Ukrainian Energy Company next
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:07 am to Eurocat
The morality of our culture, including and especially the “credentialed class”, is seriously degraded.
That’s one reason I support the party that at least ostensibly stands for logic, morality, and accountability.
Honest and competent people make a rational decision to avoid politically related jobs and situations, but we need more of them to stand up, suffer the slings and arrows, and pursue the mantle of leadership.
That’s one reason I support the party that at least ostensibly stands for logic, morality, and accountability.
Honest and competent people make a rational decision to avoid politically related jobs and situations, but we need more of them to stand up, suffer the slings and arrows, and pursue the mantle of leadership.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:08 am to Eurocat
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:09 am to Eurocat
seems legal as long as she is presiding over and clients or their competition.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:13 am to timdonaghyswhistle
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It sounds like she was overseeing the shut down of her deceased husband's business.
You are really on to something here, Sherlock.
Eurocat thinks every employee should have been kicked to the curb the day she was nominated. That's what a good democrat nominee would have done.
Wait, no. No democrat nominee would have ever been actually involved in running anything, nor their spouse, for them to possibly need to take over in the event he or she dies.
Got em!!!!
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:17 am to Eurocat
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:25 am to Eurocat
Seems like overseeing the closer of a family business, where is the gotcha
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:25 am to Eurocat
You are such a twat. This is embarrassing even for you. 
Posted on 8/6/26 at 11:29 am to Eurocat
This is a fake story and very disingenuous.
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