Michael Patrick O'Brien

Michael Patrick O'Brien is a Catholic writer and lawyer living in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of his first jobs was working as a reporter for his hometown newspaper. He wrote for his college newspaper while earning a 1983 Government/Theology degree from the University of Notre Dame. He wrote movie reviews during law school at the University of Utah. Mike is a partner at the law firm of Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough. As a mediator, he advises business clients on employment issues, and...See more

Michael Patrick O'Brien is a Catholic writer and lawyer living in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of his first jobs was working as a reporter for his hometown newspaper. He wrote for his college newspaper while earning a 1983 Government/Theology degree from the University of Notre Dame. He wrote movie reviews during law school at the University of Utah. Mike is a partner at the law firm of Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough. As a mediator, he advises business clients on employment issues, and represents many news media outlets on various First Amendment and publication matters. Mike is married to Vicki, a preschool teacher. They have three adult children, Erin Kathleen, Megan Mary, and Daniel Patrick. Mike wrote the 2021 book Monastery Mornings , about his unusual boyhood growing up among Trappist monks in Latter-day Saint rural Northern Utah. See less