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- ↑ "Boies Schiller & Flexner website (contains profile of Edward J. Normand)". Archived from the original on 2007-03-19. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
- ↑ Jackson, Dylan (2020-01-15). "More Defections From Boies Schiller as Several Attorneys Leave to Launch New Boutique". Law.com. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
- ↑ "Edward J. Normand profile page on firm's website" . Retrieved 2020-01-15.
- ↑ Winners of Globe Essay Contest on the Constitution, Boston Globe, December 6, 1987 at 34 (reprinting Normand's winning essay, A Progressively Perfect Union)
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