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- ↑ Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission
- ↑ Nominations of Hon. Todd Walther Dillard and Robert R. Rigsby: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, on the Nominations of Hon. Todd Walther Dillard to be U.S. Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and Robert R. Rigsby to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, May 16, 2002. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2002. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-16-068918-5.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ Alexander, Keith L. (April 16, 2009). "D.C. Superior Court Judge Deploying to Oversee Courts-Martial in Iraq, Kuwait". The Washington Post .
- 1 2 "The Honorable Robert R. Rigsby, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2017-03-30. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Nominations of Hon. Todd Walther Dillard and Robert R. Rigsby, Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, May 16, 2002
- ↑ "Judge Biographies". The Daily Washington Law Reporter. 2002. Retrieved 2019-11-24.