James Martorano

James "Jimmy" Martorano (born December 10, 1941) is an American organized crime figure with ties to the Winter Hill Gang of South Boston, Massachusetts and a member of the Patriarca crime family as of 1995. Martorano is the younger brother of notorious "hitman" and later government witness, John Martorano.

James Martorano was born in Somerville, Massachusetts. His father was an immigrant from Riesi, Sicily, Italy. His Irish-American mother was a full-time homemaker. The Martorano family soon moved to East Milton, Massachusetts. He went on to attend Mount Saint Charles Academy with his brother John, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Martorano attended Thayerlands Elementary School in Braintree, Massachusetts and enrolled in Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, Rhode Island where he graduated. At Mount Saint Charles he played football with future CBS News television journalist Ed Bradley, whom he affectionately referred to as "Big Ed." James and John Martorano both graduated from Milton High School in 1959. His graduating high school year book quote was "Popularity is Glory".