Wendy Musell, with co-counsel Mark Epstein, represented Luydmila Starkey, a former military police trainee, who alleged that she was terminated after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor. According to the lawsuit, Ms. Starkey’s supervisor sent her sexually explicit text messages and nude photos of himself when she was employed at the Presidio of Monterey, an Army installation in Northern California. After she filed a formal complaint, Ms. Starkey was terminated. After two years of litigation , the Army agreed to pay Ms. Starkey $820,000, which is one of the largest payments made by any branch of the military to settle a sexual harassment claim against a supervisor.
