
Career Highlights: Retired April 21, 2021; Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; partner, Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, San Diego, 1990-2001; partner, associate, Jennings, Engstrand & Henrikson, San Diego, 1986-90; associate, Law Offices of Douglas R. Reynolds, San Diego, 1985-86; associate, McInnis, Fitzgerald, Rees, Sharkey & McIntyre, San Diego, 1981-85
Law School: University of San Diego School of Law
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - Jeff Barton was 10 when he and his grandfather built a plywood fort in the backyard of the retired corporate lawyer's home.
Paul Angell, the name his grandfather took when he immigrated to the United States in 1917, played a major role in Barton's life.
"He was a great man," Barton said.
Although Angell never pressed his grandson to follow in his footsteps, Barton foun... (continued)