The nomination of Andrea J. Sullivan—a Middlesex County litigator who has spent three decades at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis in the firm’s Woodbridge office— for Superior Court judge cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 7-0 vote.

Only six “yes” votes—or a majority—were needed to release the nomination. The seven members of the 11-member committee who were present on Thursday and voted`yes’  were: Committee Chair Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, Sen. Nellie Pou, D-Bergen, Sen. Joseph Cryan, D-Union, (who subbed in for Sen. Paul Sarlo, D-Bergen), Sen. Bob Smith, D-Middlesex, Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman, R-Somerset,  Sen. Gerald Cardinale, R-Bergen, and Sen. Kristin Corrado, R-Bergen.