Civil Court Judges

Judge Lydia Antoncic was appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in August 2024 and is serving in Family Court. She is a graduate of New York University and received her law degree from Catholic University, Columbus School of Law. Following her law school graduation, Judge Antoncic began her legal career as an Associate Attorney handling employment and labor law, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and property damage cases before joining the Animal Welfare Trust/Animal Welfare Advocacy where she served as the Director of Projects/Executive Director. She went on to join another firm where she served as in-house counsel on insurance, risk, liability and internal litigation retention policies before establishing her own practice focused on divorce, child custody/support, family offense and juvenile delinquency matters. Thereafter, she joined the New York State Unified Court System. Prior to her appointment, Judge Antoncic served as Principal Court Attorney in the Integrated Domestic Violence Court for six years. Appointed August 2024.

Judge Grace Oboma-Layat was appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in April 2023 and is serving in Family Court. She received her B.A. from Smith College and her law degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Law. Judge Oboma-Layat joined The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice shortly after graduating from law school. She served as a Staff Attorney, for 19 years, in child protective, termination of parental rights and custody and visitation proceedings, prior to her appointment to the bench. Appointed April 2023. Reappointed January 2024.

Judge Juanita Wing was appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in August 2024 and is serving in Family Court. She is a graduate of St. John’s University and received her J.D. from St. John’s Law School. After graduating from law school, she briefly joined a law firm before moving on to become a Staff Attorney at the New York City Administration for Children’s Services. This was followed by her service with District Council 37, as a Staff Attorney in the Family Law Unit before moving on to establish her own practice and served on 18b Assigned Counsel Plan Panels for Family Court. Judge Wing went on to join the New York State Unified Court System where she served in the Family Courts of both Bronx and Queens counties as a Court Attorney Referee for thirteen years. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Wing served as a Court Attorney Referee in Supreme Court, New York County. Appointed August 2024.