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- ↑ "Superior Court Judge Maureen Lally-Green to Retire" (PDF). Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts. June 8, 2009.
- ↑ "Maureen Lally-Green - Personal Data Questionnaire" (PDF).
- ↑ Bob Warner, $ource of Lally-Green election ads, Philadelphia Daily News, 12/11/07
