The New Jersey Senate on Thursday confirmed 17 of Gov. Chris Christie's nominations to the Superior Court, four for the Court of Workers' Compensation, and three administrative law judges.

Those confirmed to the Superior Court bench are:

• Gregory Acquaviva of Neptune has been chief counsel to Republican Gov. Chris Christie since March. Acquaviva became Christie's chief counsel after Thomas Scrivo, who had held that position since 2014, announced his departure to join a firm headed by Republican state Sen. Kevin O'Toole — O'Toole Scrivo — in Cedar Grove. Scrivo was joined by six lawyers from his old firm, Morristown's McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, where Scrivo had once been co-chairman of the firm's commercial litigation group. From 2015 to 2017, Acquaviva was vice president of government affairs at United Health Group. From 2014 to 2015, he was chief of staff to Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno. Acquaviva was an assistant counsel to Christie from 2012 to 2014, and from 2011 to 2012, he was a legislative and regulatory analyst for Guadagno. From 2010 to 2011, he was with what is now Gibbons in Newark. He is a graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law and Monmouth University.