[4] Julie Martin's writing career began at UCLA, where she was originally enrolled to study medicine.
[5] Martin began her television career as a writer for the seventh season of legal drama LA Law in 1992.
[citation needed] Following the conclusion of LA Law, Martin was hired as a story editor and writer for the third season of Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994.
Staff writer Bonnie Mark wrote the teleplay for the episode "Fits Like a Glove" from a story by Martin and executive producer and show runner Tom Fontana.
Mark, Fontana and Martin were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for episodic drama at the February 1996 ceremony for writing "Fits Like a Glove".
The film focused on a team of female prosecuting attorneys and starred Stockard Channing and Michelle Forbes.
[6] She contributed to a further four episodes as a writer for the season and in 1999 Martin, English and Simon won a Humanitas Prize in the 60 minutes category for their work on "Shades of Gray".
She served as a co-writer (with Lisa Randolph) and co-executive producer on the project, which is where she met Warren Leight with whom she later worked on Criminal Intent and SVU.
The series featured a constantly changing cast as it focused on jury deliberations for a different trial each episode.
She became a consulting producer and writer for the sixth season of NBC procedural Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2006.
In 2008 Martin, Byrne and Warren Leight were nominated for an Edgar Award for best television episode for their work on "Senseless".
Martin wrote the episode "Judgement Day" which was directed by Homicide star Clark Johnson.