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Norwood Carlton Tilley Jr. (born December 16, 1943) is a Senior United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Tilley received a B.S. from Wake Forest College in 1966 and a J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1969. He was a law clerk, Hon. Eugene A. Gordon, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina from 1969 to 1971. He was an assistant U.S. 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.
Tilley was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Tilley was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on April 26, 1988, to a seat vacated by Hiram H. 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 1999-2006. He assumed senior status on December 16, 2008.