Edward Ulloa

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Edward Ulloa (born August 18, 1962) is an American attorney and former criminal prosecutor who received notoriety as the prosecutor for some of the first internet child sexual predator cases in California. [1] Ulloa also drafted AB 2661 in 2000 that sought to enhance sentencing guidelines for the possession and dissemination of child pornography. [2] [3]

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Early life

Ulloa was born on August 18, 1962, in Pomona, California. [4] He attended Upland High School, and graduated from Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California and California State University, Long Beach, where he received a degree in Theatre. [2] He received his Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University in 1995, and was admitted to the bar on November 22, 1995. [5]

Prosecutor

Ulloa served as a Deputy District Attorney in the Felony Sexual Assault Unit for Ventura County, California, between 1995 and 1999, and for Orange County between 1999 and 2000. [2] He is currently a partner in the Los Angeles office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, where his practice involves defending corporations in products liability actions. He has received a rating of "AV Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell. [4] Ulloa has been selected as a Top Rated Products Liability Attorney in Los Angeles by Super Lawyers Magazine. [6]

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. [7] The fictitious child was actually a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy. [8] The defendant in that action, David Paris Hensley was sentenced to serve four years for pandering for purposes of child prostitution and attempted child molestation. Ulloa also was the prosecutor in a case involving a habitual sex offender infected with HIV being sentenced to 165 years to life in prison for repeatedly molesting a teenager he picked up at an adult video store. [9] [10]

Personal life

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

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  2. 1 2 3 "Biography Edward R. Ulloa". morganlewis.com. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  3. ↑ ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/99-00/bill/asm/ab_2651-2700/ab_2661_bill_20000225_introduced.html
  4. 1 2 "Edward Richard Ulloa Profile | Los Angeles, CA Lawyer | Martindale.com".
  5. ↑ "Edward Richard Ulloa # 177909 - Attorney Licensee Search".
  6. ↑ "Search Results for "Edward Ulloa" in Los Angeles, CA, USA".
  7. ↑ "Archives". Los Angeles Times . 27 May 1998.
  8. ↑ "OAK VIEW MAN GUILTY IN SOLICITING CHILD SEX. - Free Online Library". Archived from the original on 2013-07-30.
  9. ↑ "MOLESTER GETS 165 YEARS; VICTIM DESCRIBES FEAR OF INFECTION BY HIV CARRIER. - Free Online Library". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  10. ↑ "Archives". Los Angeles Times . 26 June 1998.
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