Early Life
He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1988, and an MPA in 1994 from Cal State San Bernardino. He then received a Congressional appointment to deputy staff director for the House Appropriations Committee. Shockey spent the past six years as a partner in the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Copeland, Lowery, Jacquez, Denton & Shockey. He served on Congressman Jerry Lewis’s personal office staff as legislative assistant, legislative director and appropriations associate from 1991 to 1999.
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