[2][3][4][5] After completing her articles, she joined the Victorian Bar in 1975 at the age of 24, becoming only the twenty-fourth female barrister.
[1][7][8][9][10] King was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria on 21 June 2005 and served until 14 August 2015.
[1][11] In 2008 King ruled that the Underbelly television series could not be shown in the state of Victoria during Williams' murder trial.
While instructing the jury during Goussis' trial she referred to herself as the "queen of banning things".
[15] In May 2010 she spoke out against prominent defendants, their family members, and judges being treated as celebrities.