PennyStevens
Partner
Work Health and Safety Law
pstevens@seyfarth.com
Penny works with Australia’s leading businesses to ensure the health and safety of their workforce.
More About Penny
Penny draws on more than 20 years of experience in workplace health and safety law to help her clients manage the legal risks to their business.
In difficult circumstances, Penny can be relied on to provide strategic insights and make a judgement call. She has extensive experience defending prosecutions across a broad range of industries as well as advising and representing clients on questions of law in the Victorian Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court of Australia.
She is a strategic thinker, advising safety professionals not only on their legal obligations, but on industry best practice and risk mitigation strategies to ensure her clients meet their commercial objectives.
Penny is recognised as a leader in her field, having been ranked as a preeminent Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer by Doyle’s Guide every year since 2017. She has also been listed in Best Lawyers in Australia every year since 2012 for Occupational Health & Safety law and was named Lawyer of the Year for Occupational Health and Safety in Melbourne, in 2012-2013, and 2019.
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
In difficult circumstances, Penny can be relied on to provide strategic insights and make a judgement call. She has extensive experience defending prosecutions across a broad range of industries as well as advising and representing clients on questions of law in the Victorian Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court of Australia.
She is a strategic thinker, advising safety professionals not only on their legal obligations, but on industry best practice and risk mitigation strategies to ensure her clients meet their commercial objectives.
Penny is recognised as a leader in her field, having been ranked as a preeminent Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer by Doyle’s Guide every year since 2017. She has also been listed in Best Lawyers in Australia every year since 2012 for Occupational Health & Safety law and was named Lawyer of the Year for Occupational Health and Safety in Melbourne, in 2012-2013, and 2019.
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
- LLB, University of Tasmania
- An Australian legal practitioner admitted in Victoria
- Supreme Court of Tasmania
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Blog Post
Feb 28, 2024
A decade in Australia: Seyfarth’s partners reflect on changes in employment and workplace safety law
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12/05/2023
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03/01/2023
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Nov 30, 2022
Seyfarth Honored as 2022 International Employment Lawyer Elite
- Recognised in International Employment Lawyer Global Elite (2022–2023)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Australia for Occupational Health & Safety Law; Labour and Employment Law (2012–2025)
- Recognised as a Leading Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer by Doyle's Guide (2016–2022)
- Recognised as a Preeminent Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer by Doyle's Guide (2023–2024)
- Named Lawyer of the Year for Occupational Health and Safety by Best Lawyers Australia (2012–2013, 2019, 2025)
- Co-Author, “The next ten years: Seyfarth’s partners discuss the future of employment and workplace safety law in Australia,” Workplace Law & Strategy, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 5, 2024)
- Co-Author, “A decade in Australia: Seyfarth’s partners reflect on changes in employment and workplace safety law,” Workplace Law & Strategy, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 29, 2024)
- Co-Author, "Insights for employers and aspiring professionals on how to #BreakTheBias," Workplace Law & Strategy, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 7, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Getting ahead of the (COVID) curve," Workplace Law & Strategy, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 20, 2021)
- Co-Author, "When bad facts make bad law: the impact of regulator discretion on health and safety outcomes," Workplace Law & Strategy, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (November 27, 2020)
24-hour incident response line
- 1800 390 890
Penny works with Australia’s leading businesses to ensure the health and safety of their workforce.
More About Penny
Penny draws on more than 20 years of experience in workplace health and safety law to help her clients manage the legal risks to their business.
In difficult circumstances, Penny can be relied on to provide strategic insights and make a judgement call. She has extensive experience defending prosecutions across a broad range of industries as well as advising and representing clients on questions of law in the Victorian Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court of Australia.
She is a strategic thinker, advising safety professionals not only on their legal obligations, but on industry best practice and risk mitigation strategies to ensure her clients meet their commercial objectives.
Penny is recognised as a leader in her field, having been ranked as a preeminent Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer by Doyle’s Guide every year since 2017. She has also been listed in Best Lawyers in Australia every year since 2012 for Occupational Health & Safety law and was named Lawyer of the Year for Occupational Health and Safety in Melbourne, in 2012-2013, and 2019.
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
In difficult circumstances, Penny can be relied on to provide strategic insights and make a judgement call. She has extensive experience defending prosecutions across a broad range of industries as well as advising and representing clients on questions of law in the Victorian Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court of Australia.
She is a strategic thinker, advising safety professionals not only on their legal obligations, but on industry best practice and risk mitigation strategies to ensure her clients meet their commercial objectives.
Penny is recognised as a leader in her field, having been ranked as a preeminent Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer by Doyle’s Guide every year since 2017. She has also been listed in Best Lawyers in Australia every year since 2012 for Occupational Health & Safety law and was named Lawyer of the Year for Occupational Health and Safety in Melbourne, in 2012-2013, and 2019.
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
- LLB, University of Tasmania
- An Australian legal practitioner admitted in Victoria
- Supreme Court of Tasmania
Related Services
Related Key Industries
Related Regions
Related News & Insights
-
Blog Post
Feb 28, 2024
A decade in Australia: Seyfarth’s partners reflect on changes in employment and workplace safety law
-
Recognition
12/05/2023
Seyfarth Named a 2023 IEL Elite Firm by International Employment Lawyer
-
Recognition
03/01/2023
Seyfarth Ranked As Tier 1 Firm in Employment and Workplace Health & Safety in Both New South Wales and Victoria by Doyle’s Guide 2023
-
Recognition
Nov 30, 2022
Seyfarth Honored as 2022 International Employment Lawyer Elite
- Recognised in International Employment Lawyer Global Elite (2022–2023)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Australia for Occupational Health & Safety Law; Labour and Employment Law (2012–2025)
- Recognised as a Leading Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer by Doyle's Guide (2016–2022)
- Recognised as a Preeminent Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer by Doyle's Guide (2023–2024)
- Named Lawyer of the Year for Occupational Health and Safety by Best Lawyers Australia (2012–2013, 2019, 2025)
- Co-Author, “The next ten years: Seyfarth’s partners discuss the future of employment and workplace safety law in Australia,” Workplace Law & Strategy, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 5, 2024)
- Co-Author, “A decade in Australia: Seyfarth’s partners reflect on changes in employment and workplace safety law,” Workplace Law & Strategy, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 29, 2024)
- Co-Author, "Insights for employers and aspiring professionals on how to #BreakTheBias," Workplace Law & Strategy, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 7, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Getting ahead of the (COVID) curve," Workplace Law & Strategy, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 20, 2021)
- Co-Author, "When bad facts make bad law: the impact of regulator discretion on health and safety outcomes," Workplace Law & Strategy, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (November 27, 2020)
24-hour incident response line
- 1800 390 890