Angela K. Paton
Photograph courtesy of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.
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
408 opinions where Angela K. Paton sat on the panel, spanning 2022–2026.
By court
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Angela K. Paton's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Michael S. Catlett for comparison (drop the overlay).
- Angela K. Paton
- Michael S. Catlett
Most-frequent co-panelists
Judges who appeared on the same opinions. aligned = same bucket (both majority, both dissent); partial = concurred in result but wrote separately; split = the meaningful disagreement (majority vs dissent).
- Michael S. Catlett 75 shared 75 aligned compare
- Maria Elena Cruz 66 shared 66 aligned compare
- Jennifer M. Perkins 65 shared 65 aligned compare
- Cynthia J. Bailey 57 shared 57 aligned compare
- Kent E. Cattani 56 shared 54 aligned 1 partial 1 split compare
- Paul J. McMurdie 56 shared 56 aligned compare
- David B. Gass 53 shared 52 aligned 1 split compare
- Samuel Anderson Thumma 53 shared 50 aligned 2 partial 1 split compare
- Peter B. Swann 52 shared 52 aligned compare
- Brian Y. Furuya 49 shared 47 aligned 1 partial 1 split compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Angela K. Paton sat on the panel.
| Docket | Court | Filed | Disposition | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 CA-CR 26-0024 PRPC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-26 | Denied | State v. Walls-Bey |
| 1 CA-CR 26-0063 PRPC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-26 | Denied | State v. Jacobson |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0043 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-13 | Affirmed in part; vacated and remanded in part | Zecic v. Zecic |
| 1 CA-JV 26-0047 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-13 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to L.S. |
| 1 CA-CR 24-0403 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-12 | Affirmed | State v. Chakhachiro |
| 1 CA-JV 26-0052 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-12 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to T.T. |
| 1 CA-CR 25-0544 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-12 | Affirmed | State v. Hezlitt |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0096 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-12 | Affirmed in part; vacated in part | Tope v. Magnus Title Agency, LLC |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0159 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-10 | Affirmed | SHORT v. RIVERA |
| 1 CA-CV 25-0724 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-05 | Affirmed | gabrielsson/kowalski v. Rns |
| 1 CA-CR 25-0106 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-07-28 | Affirmed | State v. Yohannes |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0072 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-07-27 | Affirmed | Camacho v. Brewer |
| 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. |