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- ↑ "Barbara Adams profile as General Counsel at". Governor's Cabinet Officials. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ↑ The Pennsylvania Manual, Vol 120 Section 4: Executive: Elected Offices; accessed October 29, 2012
- ↑ The Pennsylvania Manual, Vol 119, Section 4: Executive: Elected Offices; accessed 2012-10-29.
- ↑ Duane Morris Finance Chair Barbara Adams Appointed Pennsylvania's General Counsel, April 21, 2005
- ↑ GOVERNOR RENDELL NAMES BARBARA ADAMS GENERAL COUNSEL TO THE COMMONWEALTH, April 2005