Barbara Doblin Tilker, Senior Partner Emeritus
Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP
Attorney Location:
New York, New York
Phone:
(800) 692-3717
Ms. Tilker, Of Counsel, is a senior partner at Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano LLP, who handled Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income claims for the firm, on a high volume basis for both adults and children.
She is a graduate of New York University and St. John’s University School of Law. Admitted Appellate Division, 2nd Department: State of NY: January 1978. Eastern District and Southern District of New York: April 1978 Admitted United States Supreme Court: January 2010.
Ms. Tilker has concentrated for more than thirty years in Social Security Disability law and has served two terms as President of the New York Social Security Bar Association from 1990-1994. She is presently a Trustee of this organization.
She was named in New York Super Lawyers of the Metro Region, in the practice area of Social Security Disability for the years 2007-2014 and has lectured extensively to groups for the disabled including the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Arthritis Foundation. In addition, Super Lawyers in March 2015 named Ms. Tilker to its Top 100 list of female lawyers in the New York metro region. A year earlier, she was listed as one of the Top Women Attorneys in New York. We are very proud that she and another partner, Catherine M. Stanton, have been chosen for this honor.
She has appeared on public service radio and cable television on the topic of Social Security Disability and is presently on the panel of the Legal Referral Service of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York in the practice area of Social Security Disability.
She has advised numerous unions regarding member entitlement and has run multiple educational workshops for physicians throughout the metropolitan area. Ms. Tilker has made presentations to the New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, Suffolk County Bar Association Academy of Law, and St. Luke’s Hospital Symposium.
Barbara is currently a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives; the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association; the New York State Bar Association; and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. She has published articles on Social Security Disability for the New York State Trial Lawyers Quarterly and Bill of Particulars.
Her awards include a Certificate of Appreciation: NYC Retired Transit Police Exemplary Service Plaque; The New York Social Security Bar Association Special Presentation Award: Bridge and Tunnel Peace Officers Retirees Association Dedication And Devotion Plaque; Long Island Con Edison Retirees – Edison Islanders.
Areas of Practice
- Social Security Disability
- Supplemental Security Income
Education
- St. John’s University School of Law
- New York University
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New York Social Security Bar Association
- Legal Referral Service of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Social Security)
- New York Social Security Bar Association
- The National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives
- The Nassau County Women’s Bar Association
- The New York State Bar Association
- The New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Honors/Awards
- New York Super Lawyers of the Metro Region in Social Security Disability (2007-2014)
- Named to the New York Super Lawyers Women’s Edition list, which features the top women attorneys in the New York Metro area, 2013-2015
- Certificate of Appreciation: NYC Retired Transit Police Exemplary Service Plaque
- The New York Social Security Bar Association Special Presentation Award: Bridge and Tunnel Peace Officers Retirees Association Dedication And Devotion Plaque
- Long Island Con Edison Retirees – Edison Islanders