USD School of Law Alumna Lyn A. Semeta ’85 (JD) Becomes Mayor of Huntington Beach

Lyn A. Semeta ’85 (JD) Sworn In as Mayor of Huntington Beach

SAN DIEGO (January 16, 2020) – USD School of Law alumna Lyn Semeta, ’85 (JD), was recently sworn in as the new Mayor of Huntington Beach. A native of Seal Beach, Semeta’s career in politics began with an appointment to the Planning Commission for the City of Huntington Beach.

Semeta attended Huntington Beach High and UCLA before pursuing her legal education at USD School of Law. After graduation, she started her law practice in San Diego as a business and real property attorney. Semeta returned to Huntington Beach in 1996 with her husband Richard Semeta, ’85 (JD), to raise their two daughters. With a three-decade commitment to community service, Semeta’s experience includes serving on numerous nonprofit boards and providing pro bono service to battered women and homeless veterans. She is also an award-winning watercolor and mixed-media artist.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

Each year, USD educates approximately 800 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world.  The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest law and taxation.

USD School of Law is one of the 84 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates.  The law school’s faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 36th nationally among U.S. law faculties in scholarly impact and 22nd nationally in past-year faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.