Judge Penelope Eldridge was appointed a Magistrate in August 2003 and sat in the Civil Division at the Adelaide Magistrates Court for more than 6 years and at the Youth Court for a similar period.
In March 2016 she was appointed a Judge of the District Court, sitting as a Judge of the Youth Court and she remains in this position.
Prior to her appointment as a judicial officer, Judge Eldridge practiced as a solicitor for 27 years principally in the areas of commercial litigation, defamation, estate litigation and education law.