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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Claire Cardwell Presented with Carrico Professionalism Award". Virginia State Bar. February 11, 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ↑ "SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 111". Virginia's Legislative Information System. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ↑ Bowes, Mark (January 18, 2017). "Lawmakers elect 2 veteran local attorneys to fill judgeships in Richmond, Chesterfield". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- 1 2 "Charges dismissed against Sen. Lucas". Richmond Free Press. November 19, 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ↑ Reyes, Josh (November 8, 2021). "10 arrested after vandalism of Confederate monument receive $15,000 each". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ↑ Lazarus, Jeremy M. (August 12, 2021). "Doris H. Causey among four African-Americans named to Virginia Court of Appeals". Richmond Free Press. Retrieved 1 October 2022.