Mario R. Ramil
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Mario R. Ramil (born June 21, 1946) was an Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court and was the second Filipino American in the United States to rise to the office. He served his tenure from 1993 to 2002. Born and raised in the Philippines, Ramil's family immigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area when he was young. He received his bachelor's degree in 1972 from California State University, Hayward and his law degree in 1975 from Hastings College of Law. He moved to Hawai'i in 1975 upon graduation from Hastings and joined the Attorney General's office, becoming Deputy Attorney General a year later. He became the state's insurance commissioner in the 1980s and in 1993 was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. In 2002, he retired from his post, after two decades in public service, and entered private practice. Ramil is married with two children.