Norwood Carlton Tilley Jr.

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Norwood Carlton Tilley Jr.

Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Incumbent
Assumed office December 16, 2008
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
In office 1999–2006
Preceded by	Frank William Bullock Jr.
Succeeded by	James A. Beaty Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
In office October 17, 1988 – December 16, 2008
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Hiram Hamilton Ward
Succeeded by	Catherine Eagles

Personal details
Born	Norwood Carlton Tilley Jr. (1943-12-16) December 16, 1943 (age 80) Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.
Education	Wake Forest University (BS, JD)

Education and career

Tilley was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Wake Forest University in 1966 and a Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1969. He was a law clerk for Judge Eugene Andrew Gordon of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina from 1969 to 1971. He was an assistant United States attorney of the Middle District of North Carolina from 1971 to 1974. He was the United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from 1974 to 1977. He was in private practice in Greensboro, North Carolina from 1977 to 1988.^[1]

Tilley was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on April 26, 1988, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina vacated by Judge Hiram Hamilton Ward. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 14, 1988, and received his commission on October 17, 1988. He served as Chief Judge from 1999 to 2006. He assumed senior status on December 16, 2008.^[1]

Legal offices
Preceded by Hiram Hamilton Ward	Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina 1988–2008	Succeeded by Catherine Eagles
Preceded by Frank William Bullock Jr.	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina 1999–2006	Succeeded by James A. Beaty Jr.

v t e Senior district judges of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Maryland	Nickerson Chasanow Messitte Blake Bennett Bredar Hollander
E. North Carolina	Britt
M. North Carolina	Tilley
W. North Carolina	Voorhees Mullen Conrad Whitney
South Carolina	J. Anderson Herlong Currie Wooten Harwell
E. Virginia	Hilton Ellis Smith Payne Jackson Hudson Trenga Gibney
W. Virginia	Jones Moon Urbanski
N. West Virginia	Stamp Keeley
S. West Virginia	Copenhaver Faber

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