Judge Theresa Doyle was elected to King County Superior Court and began her first term in January 2005. She has been Assistant Chief Criminal Judge, and has served on Unified Family Court, Drug Court and on the civil and criminal trial calendars.

Judge Doyle began her judicial career in 1998 when she was appointed by the Mayor to Seattle Municipal Court. There, she presided over numerous criminal jury trials and other hearings, and was Mental Health Court Judge from 2003-2004.

Judge Doyle is a member of the Washington State Minority and Justice Commission, and the Washington State Interpreter Commission. She has been chair of the court's interpreter committee, of which she is currently a member, and serves on the court's jury committee and courts and community committee.

Judge Doyle was a judicial law clerk at the Washington Court of Appeals, Division One, and California Court of Appeal, Division One. She has been an appellate lawyer at the California Public Defender and Washington Appellate Defender Association (WADA), a trial attorney at The Defender Association (TDA), and an associate at Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw.

Judge Doyle was graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law. There she served on the law review editorial board.