Former Woodbridge Municipal, BOE Attorney Dies at 84

Stewart Martin Hutt, 84, of Woodbridge died on Friday, Oct. 4, according to his obituary posted on legacy.com.

Hutt was a former attorney for Woodbridge Township from 1961-1967 and the Woodbridge Board of Education from 1964 to 1984 and again in 1988-89.

Hutt was born in the Bronx and moved to Woodbridge at age 5. He graduated from Woodbridge Senior High School, class of 1947; Johns Hopkins in 1951; and Harvard Law School in 1954. In 1954, Hutt joined the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in 1962. In 1961 Mr. Hutt founded the law firm of Hutt & Berkow, P.C. now known as Hutt & Shimanowitz, P.C.

Stewart was General Counsel for the New Jersey Builder's Association for over 35 years and an original member of the League of Municipalities Drafting Committee on the Municipal Land Use Law. He participated in the writing of the Mount Laurel Law and was invited to Harvard Law School as a guest speaker on it. When he was introduced there were boos; but when he was done speaking, he received a standing ovation, according to his obituary on legacy.com. 

He is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren and twin brother. Services were held on Tuesday.