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- 1 2 "GOV. IGE APPOINTS ONE TO INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS AND FIVE TO FIRST CIRCUIT COURT" (Press release). August 28, 2019.
- 1 2 "ATG NEWS RELEASE: NEW SOLICITOR GENERAL CLYDE WADSWORTH NAMED" (Press release). Honolulu, Hawaii. January 6, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ↑ "GOVERNOR IGE TO CONSIDER SIX LISTS OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES FOR FIRST CIRCUIT, INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS" (Press release). July 29, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Special Session Planned On Hawaii Court Nominees". www.hawaiipublicradio.org. September 8, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Clyde J. Wadsworth Sworn In as New Associate Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals". www.courts.state.hi.us. November 13, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.