Michael J. Virzi

Legal Writing Instructor

Contact Information Room 410 USC School of Law 701 Main Street Columbia, South Carolina 29208 Email

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J.D. (2000) University of South Carolina
B.A. (1991) University of South Carolina

Michael Virzi teaches Legal Writing I and II to first-year law students and Advanced Legal Writing to second- and third-year students. Prior to becoming a full-time faculty member, Mr. Virzi taught as an adjunct professor at the School of Law and taught Business Law I and II as an adjunct professor in the paralegal program at Midlands Technical College. He came to the School of Law from the South Carolina Supreme Court's Office of Disciplinary Counsel where he investigated and prosecuted attorneys for ethical misconduct. Prior to working for the Disciplinary Counsel, Mr. Virzi practiced in the areas of commercial and business litigation and creditors' rights.

Mr. Virzi received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of South Carolina in 1991 and graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2000. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the North Carolina Bar (inactive), the U.S. District Courts of North and South Carolina, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Mr. Virzi has served on the South Carolina Bar's Ethics Advisory Committee since 2003 and has served as Chair since 2007. He is a frequent CLE speaker and law school guest lecturer on the topics of legal ethics and the disciplinary process.