Michael J. Virzi
Legal Writing Instructor
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Contact Information
Room 410
USC School of Law
701 Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
virzi@sc.edu
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Profile
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. Prior to becoming a full-time faculty member, he taught Legal Writing I and II and Advanced Legal Writing as an adjunct at USC and taught Business Law I and II for two years as an adjuct 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, he 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 is a member of the National White Collar Crime Center and serves on the South Carolina Bar's Ethics Advisory Committee. He is a frequent speaker at Continuing Legal Education seminars on the topics of legal ethics and the disciplinary process, with a particular emphasis on residential real estate practice.
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