John Clune, an attorney at the Colorado-based firm Hutchinson Black and Cook, is representing Deborah Ramirez, the former Yale classmate of Brett Kavanaugh who is accusing the Supreme Court nominee of sexually inappropriate behavior in college.

Clune stepped in as Stanley L. Garnett, a shareholder at the Denver-based law and lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, has transitioned out of his role representing Ramirez, a spokeswoman at Brownstein Hyatt confirmed.

The development comes as a lawyer for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, reached out to Garnett on Sunday night, according to a Grassley aide. The lawyer asked for Ramirez's availability for an interview with the committee's investigators.

Grassley's office told Ramirez's attorneys that they were determined to take Ramirez' statement and “investigate further as necessary as quickly as possible,” the aide said.

Clune indicated to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday that his client is open to an in-person interview under appropriate conditions, and would cooperate with an FBI investigation of her allegation, according to the aide.

In an account told to the New Yorker, Ramirez alleges that Kavanaugh acted inappropriately during a booze-fueled dormitory party their freshman year at Yale. She says Kavanaugh exposed himself to Ramirez at the party and moved his penis into her face, which caused her to touch it when she pushed him away.

Clune, a former prosecutor in Colorado, is known for representing clients involved in Title IX litigation. He's also represented a woman who accused Kobe Bryant of rape in a 2004 case and a woman who accused former Major League Baseball player Johan Santana of sexual assault in a civil suit.

Ramirez is considering whether to obtain Washington, D.C.-based counsel.

Kavanaugh, who is represented by D.C. trial attorneys Beth Wilkinson and Alexandra Walsh of Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz, has denied Ramirez's allegation. He told the New Yorker it was “a smear, plain and simple.” A White House spokesperson also told the publication the administration stands by its nominee.

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