The Washington Redskins have tapped assistant general counsel Will Rawson to step up and serve as the organization's top lawyer. 

Rawson succeeds Eric Schaffer, who held dual titles as general counsel and senior vice president of football operations. The team previously appointed former Carolina Panthers executive director Rob Rogers to fill Schaffer's senior VP role. 

The Redskins have not officially announced Rawson's promotion, but a spokesman for the team confirmed his appointment on Tuesday. 

Rawson is a Stanford Law School grad, class of 2008, who worked as an antitrust and litigation associate at Hogan Lovells and Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C., before joining the Redskins in 2017, according to his LinkedIn profile. 

In 2018, The New York Times reported that Rawson attempted to contact Redskins cheerleaders who alleged that they'd been sexually harassed and intimidated by team managers and sponsors. 

The cheerleaders reportedly did not return Rawson's messages because they thought he was trying to determine whether they had breached a confidentiality agreement. But a spokesman for the team said the calls were part of an attempt to "improve working conditions." 

Rawson's predecessor, Schaffer, parted ways with the Redskins earlier this month amid a house cleaning at the organization's front office after the team limped away from a 3-13 season. Team president Bruce Allen was fired, and former Panthers head coach Ron Rivera was brought in to replace interim Redskins coach Bill Callahan. 

Schaffer had been with the Redskins for more than 17 years and served as the team's salary cap expert. 

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