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Hon. Elizabeth A. Bock
Douglas County (MO), Missouri
Hon. Elizabeth A. Bock has presided over 1,722 cases in our database. View their complete ruling history and outcome statistics below.
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<b>Elizabeth A. Bock</b> is an associate judge for the <a href="/Missouri_44th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 44th Judicial Circuit Court">44th Judicial Circuit</a>, serving <a href="/Douglas_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Douglas County, Missouri (Judicial)">Douglas County</a>. She was appointed by Governor <a href="/Jay_Nixon" title="Jay Nixon">Jay Nixon</a> on January 2, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-13app_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13app-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-2">[2]</a></sup>
</p><p>She was re-elected to the <a href="/Missouri_44th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 44th Judicial Circuit Court">44th Judicial Circuit Court</a> in 2014 for a term that expires on December 31, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-2014election_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014election-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Missouri_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Missouri judicial elections, 2014">Missouri judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Bock ran for re-election to the <a href="/Missouri_44th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 44th Judicial Circuit Court">44th Judicial Circuit Court</a>.<br><b>Primary:</b> She was successful in the <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> primary on August 5, 2014, receiving 52.58 percent of the vote. She competed against <a href="/Karen_A._Bates-Crouch" title="Karen A. Bates-Crouch">Karen A. Bates-Crouch</a> and <a href="/Judson_D._Wall" title="Judson D. Wall">Judson D. Wall</a>.<br><b>General</b>: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
<sup id="cite_ref-2014election_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014election-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Bock earned her undergraduate degree from William Woods University in Fulton and her <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the School of Law at the University of Missouri, Kansas City in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-13app_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13app-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<ul><li><b>2013-2018:</b> Associate judge, <a href="/Missouri_44th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 44th Judicial Circuit Court">44th Judicial Circuit</a></li>
<li><b>1999-2013:</b> Assistant attorney general</li>
<li><b>1995-1999:</b> Assistant <a href="/Greene_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Greene County, Missouri (Judicial)">Greene County</a> prosecuting attorney</li>
<li><b>1986-1995:</b> Assistant public defender<sup id="cite_ref-13app_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13app-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bio_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-2">[2]</a></sup></li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards_and_associations">Awards and associations</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards">Awards</span></h3>
<ul><li><b>2013:</b> Missouri Lawyer's Weekly Public Practitioner</li>
<li><b>2012:</b> Missouri Attorney General Excellence in Litigation</li>
<li><b>2004:</b> Recognition from FBI and FCIC for prosecution of Sinclair Financial Group<sup id="cite_ref-bio_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-2">[2]</a></sup></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Associations">Associations</span></h3>
<ul><li>Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association<sup id="cite_ref-bio_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-2">[2]</a></sup></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/Missouri_judicial_elections" title="Missouri judicial elections">Missouri judicial elections</a></li>
<li><a href="/Missouri_44th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 44th Judicial Circuit Court">44th Judicial Circuit Court</a></li>
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<li><a href="/Courts_in_Missouri" title="Courts in Missouri">Courts in Missouri</a></li>
<li><a href="/Douglas_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Douglas County, Missouri (Judicial)">Douglas County, Missouri</a></li>
<li><a href="/Judges_appointed_by_Jay_Nixon" title="Judges appointed by Jay Nixon">Judges appointed by Jay Nixon</a></li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2>
<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=1678"><i>Your Missouri Courts</i>, "Douglas, Judicial Circuit 44"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=7418"><i>Your Missouri Courts</i>, "Missouri Municipal Courts Directory"</a></li></ul>
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