Janice Cho

Janice Cho is the founding principal of the Law Offices of Janice Cho in Oakland, California, bringing more than two decades of dedicated legal expertise to her practice. Practicing law since 2004, Ms. Cho concentrates her practice in comprehensive family law and immigration matters. Her family law practice encompasses divorce and legal separation, child custody and visitation arrangements, child and spousal support, premarital and post-marital agreements, and complex division of community property and assets. In immigration law, she emphasizes family-based petitions, VAWA self-petitions, U-visas, and citizenship applications.

Ms. Cho graduated with honors from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts and earned her Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law. Prior to establishing her firm in 2011, she served as a Supervising Attorney at Bay Area Legal Aid directing family law and domestic violence restraining order clinics, worked as a staff attorney at the Law Center for Families, and taught as an adjunct professor at John F. Kennedy Law School. An active leader in the local legal community, Ms. Cho serves as President-Elect of the Alameda County Bar Association and has served on the board of Legal Access Alameda.

Recognizing that family and immigration matters often involve critical and emotionally challenging moments, Ms. Cho provides a compassionate, client-directed approach tailored to the unique goals of each individual. She is committed to delivering high-caliber representation, strategic problem-solving, and personal attention to help clients achieve lasting personal and financial security.