August 1982 to June 1984 Partner in firm, O’Dwyer and Bradley, Solicitors July 1984 to March 1990 Part-time Member of the Misconduct Tribunals within the Criminal Justice Commission of Queensland August 1990 to August 1993 Chair or co-chair of Mediation Conferences for Legal Aid Office (Qld) February 1991 to June 1993 Stipendiary Magistrate - Rockhampton August 1993 to November 1995 Stipendiary Magistrate - Townsville December 1995 to March 1999 Member of District Court Judges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Committee since 2000 Member of the council of James Cook University since 2002.

Judge Bradley attracted criticism in 2007 when it was widely reported in the Australian media that three adults and six teenagers who gang raped a 10-year-old girl escaped jail.

She did not record convictions against six teenagers and gave suspended sentences to the three others over the 2005 gang rape at the indigenous Aurukun community on Cape York.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced his disgust at Bradley's decision, but refused to prevent such abuses occurring again.

[1] In 2013 Bradley controversially refused a prosecution request for an adjournment when an alleged rape victim left the court before completing her testimony.