Edward Ulloa (born August 18, 1962) is an American attorney and former

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who received notoriety as the prosecutor for some of the first internet child

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cases in California. Ulloa also drafted AB 2661 in 2000 that sought to enhance sentencing guidelines for the possession and dissemination of

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Early life

Ulloa was born on August 18, 1962, in Pomona,

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. He attended

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, and graduated from Mt. San Antonio College in

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and

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, where he received a degree in Theatre. He received his Juris Doctor degree from

Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private university, private Christianity, Christian research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists ...

in 1995, and was admitted to the bar on November 22, 1995.

Prosecutor

Ulloa served as a

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in the Felony Sexual Assault Unit for

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, between 1995 and 1999, and for Orange County between 1999 and 2000. He is currently a partner in the Los Angeles office of

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (known as Morgan Lewis) is an American white-shoe international law firm with approximately 2,200 legal professionals in 31 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Mergers with other law firms ...

, LLP, where his practice involves defending corporations in products liability actions. He has received a rating of "AV Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell. Ulloa has been selected as a Top Rated Products Liability Attorney in Los Angeles by Super Lawyers Magazine. In 1998, Ulloa was the prosecutor in one of the first cases in Ventura County involving an attempt by a criminal defendant to procure sex with a child using the internet. In that case, a 37-year-old married publishing company employee was charged with agreeing to pay $350 to perform various sexual acts with a fictitious 13-year-old girl he met in a Yahoo! chat room and distributing child pornography. The fictitious child was actually a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy. The defendant in that action, David Paris Hensley was sentenced to serve four years for pandering for purposes of

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and attempted

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. Ulloa also was the prosecutor in a case involving a habitual

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infected with

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being sentenced to 165 years to life in prison for repeatedly molesting a teenager he picked up at an adult video store.

Personal life

Ulloa is married to Tatum Cook, and they have four children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulloa, Edward 1962 births Living people Pepperdine University alumni California lawyers American prosecutors Upland High School alumni People from Pomona, California