Carol is senior vice president and deputy general counsel at Qualcomm Incorporated. From 2002 to 2007, she was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California. Prior to her confirmation as United States Attorney, Carol was a judge of the Superior Court in San Diego, where she presided over a criminal trial calendar. From 1986 to 2000, she served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California, where she was Chief of the Major Frauds Section. As a prosecutor, Carol received both the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service and the Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant United States Attorney. In 2007, she was named one of California’s Top 100 Attorneys and Top 75 Women Litigators by the Los Angeles Daily Journal, as well as Outstanding Attorney of the Year by the San Diego County Bar Association. Carol was a law clerk to the Honorable Irving R. Kaufman on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.