Northgate News

Remembering Alan Nuta

by the Northgate Board of Directors

With profound sadness, we report that Alan Nuta, a long-time member of the Northgate Board and contributor to the Montgomery Village community, passed away on December 19, 2024. He served on the Northgate Board since 1988, where he was known for his fair-mindedness, balanced approach, ability to understand the other person’s side, and skill to work out win-win solutions. This earned him the nickname of “Justice Nuta” among the board. He was also known for his irreverent sense of humor, enjoyed by all who knew him.
Alan Nuta was born on February 15, 1944, in Washington, DC and grew up in Silver Spring, MD, and graduated from Northwood High School. His father was a lawyer in the Judge Advocate General Division of the Army, and his mother was a homemaker and government worker. Upon graduating high school at 17, Alan volunteered for the Army and served in Germany in an artillery unit. He protected American interests in West Germany during the Cuban Missile Crisis when his unit was ordered to the border with East Germany. Upon returning to Maryland in 1963, he attended Montgomery College and then Washington University in St. Louis. He obtained his law degree from Georgetown University in 1971.

Alan was a long-time and especially dedicated legal advocate for America’s veteran community. He was one of a team of lawyers who worked for a number of years to secure and collect money judgments against the nation of Iran to compensate the survivors of the Beirut barracks bombing in 1983. While Alan’s law career began in criminal and family law, he eventually specialized in Social Security Disability Law.

Alan is survived by his wife, Virginia, daughter Brigid, grandson James, and sister Barbara Jean Eisenberg.
Our sympathies to his family. Alan will be greatly missed.

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