Parsons Behle & Latimer attorney Michael Patrick O’Brien has once again been recognized among the nation’s top corporate employment lawyers, earning a place on the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers honoree list. This recognition marks yet another acknowledgment of O’Brien’s long-standing influence in the fields of employment and media law.
O’Brien, a shareholder with nearly four decades of experience, advises employers across industries on workplace compliance, risk management and employee-relations strategy. His work spans discrimination and harassment matters, wage-and-hour compliance, ADA and FMLA issues and preventive counseling. In addition to his employment practice, O’Brien is widely regarded for his media and First Amendment work, representing news organizations on issues involving newsgathering, defamation and public-records access. He also frequently serves as a mediator in employment and media-law disputes.
This year’s Lawdragon recognition adds to O’Brien’s previous selection to the Lawdragon 500 in 2022 and 2025 as well as numerous other professional honors, including a Band 1 ranking in Labor & Employment by Chambers USA. His continued presence on these national lists reflects both the breadth of his practice and his reputation as one of the Mountain West’s leading legal practitioners. Learn more about O’Brien here.
