Martin S. Villarama Jr. (born April 14, 1946)[2] is a Filipino lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from November 3, 2009, to January 16, 2016.
Villarama had begun his law career as a technical assistant in the Legal Research Division (now Office of the Chief Attorney) of the Supreme Court in 1970.
He rejoined the Judiciary after being appointed as Judge of the Pasig Regional Trial Court and served there from November 5, 1986, to April 5, 1998.
[1] On January 16, 2016, he retired early citing a deteriorating health condition due to this double-knee metal implantation in 2013 and cataract operation in 2014.
He is a recipient of Ulirang Ama Award for Law and Judiciary in 1997 and Katangi-tanging Anak ng Angat, Bulacan in 2003.