QUALCOMM Appoints Carol C. Lam Senior Vice President and Legal Counsel for Company's Legal Team [View All]

QUALCOMM Appoints Carol C. Lam Senior Vice President and Legal Counsel for Company's Legal Team

- Former United States Attorney Brings More Than 20 Years of Proven Legal
Expertise, Litigation Success and Leadership to the Position -

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- QUALCOMM Incorporated
(Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple
Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced the
appointment of former United States Attorney Carol C. Lam to the position
of senior vice president and legal counsel. Working with QUALCOMM's
existing legal team, she will help manage and direct the Company's
litigation worldwide.
"Carol's groundbreaking work in complex cases has earned her a national
reputation as one of the top prosecutors in the country," said Louis Lupin,
executive vice president and general counsel for QUALCOMM. "After more than
two decades of outstanding public service, she is widely respected for her
wisdom, judgment, integrity and courage. Carol's success and experience in
managing complex litigation and large legal teams will be instrumental in
shaping and managing QUALCOMM's considerable worldwide litigation."
Lam began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Irving R.
Kaufman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She
joined the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of
California as an assistant U.S. attorney in 1986, where she was chief of
the Major Frauds section. In 2000, she was appointed to be a judge of the
San Diego Superior Court. In 2002, President Bush appointed Lam to be the
United States attorney for the Southern District of California. Lam is an
experienced trial lawyer who has litigated complex cases with national
impact. Lam is the recipient of both the Director's Award for Superior
Performance and the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service. She
earned her bachelor's degree from Yale University and is a graduate of
Stanford Law School.
Lam will officially join QUALCOMM on Feb. 26, 2007.