Occupational health and safety lawyer Penny Stevens left Hall & Wilcox to join Middletons' Melbourne practice as a partner and leader of the firm's workplace relations team, taking with her 16 years of experience in the area.

Stevens also took with her a team comprising special counsel Nicole Fauvrelle, senior associate Kim Grady and lawyer Sam Jackson.

"In terms of quality, legal practitioners simply don't come any better than Penny and her team. Penny has, for a long time, been the pre-eminent occupational health and safety practitioner in Victoria," said head of Middletons' workplace relations and safety group Gerard Phillips.

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