Hon. John H. Shock is an associate circuit judge for the 36th Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri. He was elected to the bench in 2014.
The 36th Judicial Circuit Court includes Butler and Ripley Counties.
Prior to his election, Shock worked for fifteen years as a private practice attorney, including managing his own law firm in Poplar Bluff. He was also a corporate trust officer for five years and a law clerk for the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District.
He received an A.B. in economics from the University of Missouri (1987) and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern Mississippi (1989). Shock went on to complete a J.D. at the University of Missouri School of Law in 1993.
Shock was born in Pemiscot County in Missouri. He is a married father of two children.
He is registered as a Republican.