Family law attorney Angela Buono, California State Bar #256883, founded Buono Law Group APC in 2014 at 2918 Fifth Avenue in Hillcrest after building her interest in the field through a domestic violence restraining order clinic she volunteered at during law school. The firm exclusively litigates dissolution of marriage, paternity, custody and visitation, child and spousal support, and DVRO matters in San Diego Superior Court — the same family-only docket Matteson & Matteson Family Law handles from a separate Hillcrest address. Buono earned her J.D. with honors from Thomas Jefferson School of Law after a Political Science degree from the University of San Diego, and is a San Diego native who built the practice from a solo bar-passage start. Premarital and postnuptial agreement drafting, retirement asset division under QDROs, and modification and enforcement of existing family law judgments make up the bulk of the post-decree work, with QDRO division crossing into the same retirement-asset terrain Sunnen Family Law handles. The firm orients toward negotiated settlement when feasible to spare clients the emotional and financial toll of contested trial, but litigates through trial when opposing counsel refuses to engage in good faith. The most complex matters involve contentious multi-year custody disputes layered with high-asset community property divisions and forensic accounting on closely-held business interests.