By Kevin Tripp, KABC
Robert O’Brien is a founding partner of the LA law firm Larson O’Brien. He’s worked at other LA firms and he’s a graduate of UCLA. In 2016, the Los Angeles Business Journal called him one of the most influential people in LA. O’Brien made headlines this summer while working as the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. In that role, he traveled to Sweden to oversee the release of rapper A$AP Rocky after he was arrested for assault.