PHOENIX, AZ — On Friday, Governor Doug Ducey announced the appointment of Angela Paton to fill a vacancy on the Arizona Court of Appeals created by the retirement of Judge Lawrence F. Winthrop
Winthrop was named to the Court in 2002.
Currently, Paton she is a Special Assistant Attorney General, having spent the majority of her career at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
Paton served as Assistant Solicitor General from 2017 to 2019. She began her career as an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Appeals Section from 2010 to 2013.
Before rejoining the Attorney General’s Office, Paton worked as a policy advisor to Commissioner Bob Burns at the Arizona Corporation Commission from 2013 to 2017.
After graduating from law school, Paton clerked for Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Patrick Irvine.
Paton received her Bachelor’s Degree in History, minoring in Spanish and Political Science, from University of Arizona. While in college, she interned at the White House and for Senator John McCain. She then received her law degree from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where she was a member of the Arizona State Law Journal and served as President of the Women Law Students Association.