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- ↑ "Personal Data Questionnaire - Debra Todd" (PDF). Pennsylvania Bar Association . Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
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- ↑ Sostek, Anya. "Ellwood City native Debra Todd was a 'superstar from the start.' Now she leads the Pa. Supreme Court." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 19, 2023.
- ↑ Carroll, Louise. "Ellwood City treasure: Judge Debra Todd named first female chief justice of the PA Supreme Court." Beaver, Pennsylvania: The Times, October 6, 2022.
- ↑ Cato, Jason. "Lawyer joins board of state Supreme Court." Tarentum, Pennsylvania: TribLive, March 7, 2009.
- ↑ Carroll, "Ellwood City treasure: Judge Debra Todd named first female chief justice of the PA Supreme Court," The Times.
- ↑ "Chief Justice Debra Todd," in "Supreme Court Justices." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, retrieved online November 16, 2022.
- ↑ Debra Todd (brief bio with photo), in "Superior Court Judge," in "Field Narrowed to 10 in Judicial Race." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 26, 1999, p. 75 (subscription required).
- ↑ Commonwealth of PA – Elections Information
- ↑ "Historical List of Supreme Court Justices". www.pacourts.us. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Justice Debra Todd of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Deliver Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law’s 2017 Commencement Address, May 19." Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University, retrieved online November 16, 2022.
- ↑ Mastrull, Diane (2022-10-01). "Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Max Baer has died". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ↑ "Chief Justice Todd Authors Letter to Bar Honoring the National Celebration of Pro Bono." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, October 25, 2022.
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