Rafael Martínez Torres (born February 14, 1959) is a Puerto Rican jurist.
He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
Martínez was also research assistant of José Julián Álvarez, a prominent Constitutional Law professor.
After spending 14 years in that Court, Governor Luis Fortuño elevated him to Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Justice Baltasar Corrada del Río.
The Constitution of Puerto Rico mandates that Supreme Court Justices must retire when they reach the age of seventy.