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- ↑ "Florida Attorney General - Role of Solicitor General". myfloridalegal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ↑ "Florida Attorney General - Richard W. Ervin Eminent Scholar Chair". myfloridalegal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-20.