In addition to a retired judge being considered for a new role, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced six nominations to the Superior Court on Monday.

After stepping down from the Mercer County Superior Court earlier this year, retired Judge Janetta D. Marbrey was tapped by Gov. Phil Murphy to return to a familiar office. On Monday, the committee considered Marbrey to succeed Angelo J. Onofri as Mercer County prosecutor. Onofri retired from the role in August.

If confirmed in a full Senate floor vote, Marbrey will return to the office where she served as an assistant prosecutor starting in 2003. In 2007, Marbrey rose to the role of first assistant prosecutor before she was appointed in 2012 to the Mercer County bench by former Gov. Chris Christie.

"My guiding principle is, with hard work, we will achieve our mission: justice for all,” Marbrey told the committee on Monday.

Marbrey shared her commitment to be active and visible in the community she serves and recognized that there are many challenges she will face.

“If confirmed, I assure you, I will do my best, along with the employees of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, to overcome them, one by one,” Marbrey said.

Since Onofri’s retirement, Theresa L. Hilton, a deputy director in the Attorney General Office’s Division of Criminal Justice, has been filling the role on an interim basis. Murphy nominated Marbrey to fill the job earlier this month.

On Monday, Sen. Shirley K. Turner spoke in support of Marbrey’s nomination, calling her “the total package” and saying that the nomination was “a long time coming.”

Marbrey, a Ewing resident, holds a law degree from Rutgers University School of Law in Camden.

In addition to Marbrey, the committee also advanced six New Jersey Superior Court nominees, including two attorneys with Big Law connections.

Matthew J. Fedor, a partner with Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, was before the committee Monday for his nomination to replace retired Judge Thomas C. Miller on the Somerset County Superior Court bench. Fedor specializes in defending companies in class actions and complex business disputes. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and holds a law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law. Fedor clerked for former New Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice Peter Verniero and U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden.

Julie E. Nugent, a partner with Fox Rothschild, had unanimous support from the committee to replace retired Judge W. Todd Miller in Atlantic County. At Fox Rothschild, Nugent was a gaming department member, representing clients in licensing, regulatory and compliance issues. She holds a bachelor's degree from Boston University’s School of Management and a law degree from Widener University School of Law.

Lucinda Jordan McLaughlin, a former assistant prosecutor, was nominated to replace retired Judge Patrick J. Arre on the Essex County bench. McLaughlin currently serves as the director of the Jersey City Department of Recreation and Youth Development. She holds a bachelor's degree from Brown University and a law degree from Seton Hall. She is married to U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper.

Michelle J. Marose, a partner with Meyerson, Fox & Conte, was nominated to the Bergen County Superior Court bench, where she will replace Judge Peter J. Melchionne. Marose, a family law practitioner, earned an undergraduate degree from Mary Washington College and a law degree from Seton Hall before clerking for Judge George W. Parsons in the Bergen County Family Division.

Reema Sethi Kareer, a supervising assistant prosecutor in Morris County, is set to fill the vacancy of retired Judge Julie M. Marino in Somerset County. Kareer spent nearly 15 years with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. She holds a bachelor's degree from New York University and a law degree from Seton Hall.

James M. Doyle, a solo practitioner and criminal defense attorney in Hackensack, shared that he began his career in the Essex County Public Defender’s Office and would be honored to serve the people of New Jersey again. Doyle is slated to join the Bergen County Superior Court. After working with the public defender’s office, he joined Galantucci & Patuto in Hackensack. Doyle earned his bachelor's degree from Fordham University and his law degree from Widener.

If all six nominees are confirmed in a Senate floor vote on Thursday, the total number of vacancies on the Superior Court bench should end the year with 35 open seats. All nominees were unanimously advanced from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Also before the committee was the renomination, as required after seven years on the bench, of six Superior Court judges, including Patrick J. Bradshaw, Marc R. Brown, Thomas K. Isenhour, Kurt Kramer, James J. Ferrelli and Carol V. Novey Catuongo, and two Appellate Division judges, Ellen Torregrossa O’Connor and Lisa A. Puglisi.