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Welcome Norma Tillman, Private Investigator, our Keynote Speaker

Norma Mott Tillman is a native Nashvillian who attended East High School, the Metro Police Academy, Vol State College, Nashville Tech, and Watkins Institute.  Her background includes working with the Federal Government; Law Enforcement; Private Investigations; and Real Estate.  She is a 37-year veteran private investigator, author of several non-fiction books, and has taught continuing educational training seminars to professional investigators, law enforcement, and attorneys.  Her books include “How To Find Almost Anyone, Anywhere”; “The Man with the Turquoise Eyes”; “The Adoption Searcher’s Handbook”; and “Private Investigation 101”.

Norma has spoken around the country at professional conferences, colleges, associations, and organizations.  Her father,  Harry Mott, was a 27-year veteran Homicide Detective with the Nashville Police Department and her cousin, Gen. Hugh Mott was a former Chief of Police of the MNPD. In 1974 she began working at the MNDP as a dispatcher and it was there that she became proficient on the police computer and the NCIC database.  In 1987, attorneys contacted her asking for help to find missing heirs and missing witnesses. She obtained a Private Investigator License to work for them, left the police department, started a private investigation agency, and eventually specialized in locating and reuniting separated families and missing heirs.  Over the years she has appeared as a guest on numerous national television shows including Oprah, The View, Nancy Grace, Case Closed, The Vicki Lawrence Show, The Leeza Gibbons Show, and many more. She has been featured in Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Emmy, and other magazines. Norma has acted in commercials, music videos, print, and films. 

Norma has served on the Board of Directors of the Mt. Juliet Chamber of Commerce and the Mt. Juliet Rotary Club.  Her two favorite mottos are: “No One Cares How Much You Know Until They Know How Much You Care” and “If It Is To Be, It’s Up To Me”.

Posted by Aliza Gevirtz
August 6, 2024 8:00am

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