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- ↑ "Hon. Ellen A. Gorman Judge Profile on Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
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- 1 2 "Gov. Baldacci Nominates Justices Mills, Gorman for Reappointment to Maine Superior Court". US Fed News Service. March 29, 2007. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- ↑ Quinn, Francis X. (August 14, 2007). "Baldacci nominates Gorman for seat on state high court". Bangor Daily News . p. B1. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ Gagnon, Dawn (February 23, 2015). "LePage announces judicial reappointments". The Bangor Daily News. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
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