Monica Oca Howell - a Berkeley, CA Immigration Lawyer

Berkeley Immigration Lawyer

Updated: 03/16/2026

Areas of Practice

Immigration

Attorney Information

Overview

Monica Oca Howell is a Senior Immigration Attorney who has specialized in humanitarian and family-based immigration law for over eleven years. Prior to joining Stouffer Law, Monica served as the Supervising Attorney for the Attorney of the Day (“AOD”) Program, housed within the Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco. As the program’s Supervising Attorney, Monica trained and onboarded volunteer attorneys who provided counsel and limited scope representation to pro se respondents in removal proceedings before the San Francisco Immigration Court. Monica also participated in nationwide efforts to protect the interests of the immigrant community, including advocating against the Dedicated Docket and promoting legislation that would increase access to counsel.

Monica is the proud daughter of immigrants from the Philippines. Her mother left her home country in the late 1960s to work as a schoolteacher in Iowa, and was later able to petition her entire family to come to the United States. Monica is inspired every day by the challenges that her mom overcame to live and thrive in the U.S. She is deeply passionate about the practice of immigration law and is dedicated to providing quality legal representation to her clients.

Monica is a California native and is fluent in Spanish.

Awards and Honors

Honors

Minority Bar Coalition Unity Award, Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2024
Fellowship for the Leadership Education for Attorney Development (“LEAD”) Program, sponsored by the California Asian Pacific American Bar Association, 2021

Education

Legal Education
- University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California, 2011
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- University of California, Davis, 2001
  B.A.
  Major: Spanish and Comparative Literature

Current Employment Position(s)

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Senior Attorney
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Languages

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Spanish
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Classes and Seminars

Panelist, Universal Declaration of Human Rights Working Group Roundtable, ABA International Law Section and Paris Bar Association’s Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 2023
Panelist, Friend of Court Programs and Limited Scope Representation in Immigration Court, American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Annual Conference, 2024

Bar Admissions

California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. District Court Northern District of California
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court Central District of California

Other Affiliations

Minority Bar Coalition Board of Directors Co-Chair
Filipino Bar Association of Northern California
University of San Francisco School of Law Board of Governors
Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), National, Co-Director of AILA’s Asian Interest Group
Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) Co-Liaison, 2022-Present
Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Justice & Diversity Center Co-Liaison, 2020-2022
Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), New Members Division Co-Coordinator, 2016-2018

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Berkeley, CA

2000 Hearst Ave
Suite 401
Berkeley, CA 94709

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Phone: 510-214-4007

Fax: 510-849-0749

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