Angela K. Paton
Education and employment
Judge Paton began service on the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, in November 2021. She served as a judicial law clerk to Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Patrick Irvine and spent most of her legal career at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office (AGO), serving as Special Assistant Attorney General, Assistant Solicitor General, and Assistant Attorney General. In these roles, Judge Paton represented the State of Arizona in appellate matters before the state’s highest courts, oversaw the drafting of Attorney General opinions for statewide distribution, served as the office’s Ethics Counsel, and provided legal counsel and policy advice to all six AGO divisions.
Judge Paton also spent approximately five years as the advisor to Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Burns providing analysis and counsel on complex utility regulation and constitutional law matters. She has consistently given back to the legal and local communities through her work on the Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness from 2016-2021 and on numerous nonprofit boards and committees. Judge Paton currently serves on the City of Phoenix Judicial Selection Advisory Board.
Judge Paton received her law degree from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University where she was both a member of the Arizona State Law Journal and President of the Women Law Students Association. She received a B.A. in History summa cum laude from the University of Arizona.
Judicial record
393 opinions where Angela K. Paton sat on the panel, spanning 2022–2026.
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Panel votes per year
How Angela K. Paton's panel-seat count has shifted year by year.
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Most-frequent co-panelists
Judges who appeared on the same opinions, ranked by overlap count. Click compare to overlay them on the chart above.
- Michael S. Catlett 72 shared compare
- Maria Elena Cruz 66 shared compare
- Jennifer M. Perkins 62 shared compare
- Paul J. McMurdie 56 shared compare
- Kent E. Cattani 54 shared compare
- David B. Gass 52 shared compare
- Peter B. Swann 52 shared compare
- Samuel Anderson Thumma 51 shared compare
- Cynthia J. Bailey 48 shared compare
- Brian Y. Furuya 47 shared compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Angela K. Paton sat on the panel.
| Docket | Court | Filed | Disposition | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 CA-CR 25-0466 PRPC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-07-22 | Denied | State v. Quintero |
| 1 CA-JV 26-0031 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-07-21 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to A.H. and N.N. |
| 1 CA-JV 26-0013 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-07-20 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to J.W. |
| 1 CA-CV 25-0834 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-07-16 | Affirmed | Smotek v. Martin |
| 1 CA-CV 25-0867 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-07-10 | Vacated | MACIAS v. WINDTBERG |
| 1 CA-CV 25-0828 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-07-10 | Affirmed | DREAM v. SANTOS |
| 1 CA-CV 24-0714 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-07-09 | Affirmed | NOVALIS-MARINE v. MONASH |
| 1 CA-CR 24-0457 PRPC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-05-20 | — | State v. Davis |
| 1 CA-JV 24-0153 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-04-16 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to E.M. and D.M. |
| 1 CA-CV 25-0402 PB | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-04-15 | Affirmed in part; vacated and remanded in part | GOVUVEIA v. GRULER |
| 1 CA-CR 24-0616 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-03-30 | Affirmed | State v. Jones |
| 1 CA-CR 25-0327 PRPC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-03-30 | Denied | State v. Norris |
| 1 CA-CR 24-0689 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-03-30 | Affirmed | State v. Chambers |
| 1 CA-CR 25-0044 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-03-30 | Affirmed | State v. Oricho |
| 1 CA-CR 24-0279 PRPC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-03-23 | Denied | State v. Plaza-Uzeta |