John Alpay

John Alpay currently serves as Associate General Counsel at Weedmaps since August 2021 and as an Associate Professor of Management (Law) at Norco College since July 2020. Alpay has been an Attorney at Adkisson Pitet LLP since May 2015 and previously held leadership roles including Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary at Performance Designed Products LLC from August 2015 to September 2021, and Director of Legal Affairs at Oakley from December 2008 to May 2015. Experience also includes positions as Assistant General Counsel at Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Associate General Counsel at Gateway, Inc. Alpay began a legal career as General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at eMachines, Inc. after working as an Associate at McDermott, Will & Emery. Academic qualifications include a JD from the University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law, an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, and an AB in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, along with a Certificate of School Business Management from the University of Southern California.