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- 1 2 https://www.wicourts.gov/news/thirdbranch/docs/winter98.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ Wisconsin State Bar number:1016344
- ↑ State Bar of Wisconsin Attorney Search.
- ↑ Resolution adopted by the Manitowoc Common Council on Aug 4, 1997.
- ↑ "Manitowoc City Attorney Pat Willis Named the new Circuit Court Judge", Lakeshore Chronicle, 1997-07-20.
- ↑ Pankratz, Pat. "Patrick Willis Wins Circuit Court Seat By Landslide Over Grieg", Herald Times Reporter, 1998-04-08.
- ↑ "Retirements - Judge Willis to step down in October" (PDF). The Third Branch. Vol. 20, no. 3. Wisconsin Court System. 2012. p. 12. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ↑ http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/APC0101/701100633/-1/trialarchive Appleton Post-Crescent: Your Fox Cities News Source - Avery trial to start as scheduled in February
- ↑ Man cleared of rape charged with murder - Crime & courts - nbcnews.com
- ↑ CNN.com - Transcripts
- ↑ Butler, Bethonie (25 December 2015). "Where do the cases at the center of Netflix's 'Making a Murderer' stand now?". Washington Post. Retrieved 31 December 2015.