Attorney Profiles

New Mexico, Arizona, and Navajo Nation Attorneys

Dan Rosenfelt

Dan Rosenfelt, Managing Director of the firm, handles a broad range of personal injury cases including auto and semi-truck accidents and medical malpractice. Other practice areas include Federal Indian Law, litigation in the Navajo Nation courts, product liability claims, and serious injuries. 

Mr. Rosenfelt graduated from Johns Hopkins University and Columbia Law School. For more then 40 years, he has successfully litigated precedent-setting cases in the fields of personal injury, tribal jurisdiction, school law, water rights and the taxation of Indian resources.*

Prior to founding the firm, Dan Rosenfelt was an Assistant Solicitor with the United States Department of the Interior, an Associate Professor of Law at Gonzaga Law School, a Senior Staff Attorney at Harvard University's Center for Law and Education, and a Staff Attorney with the California Indian Legal Services.

He is the author of authoritative books and articles on Federal Indian Law and is licensed to practice law in New Mexico, Arizona, and the Navajo Nation, as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States. Currently, Mr. Rosenfelt handles personal injury, medical negligence, product liability, and Federal Indian Law cases.

Forrest Buffington

Forrest Buffington, managing director in our Gallup office, graduated from Baylor University Law School in 1978, and moved to the Four Corners area where he practiced in both the private and public sectors for a decade. He served as District Attorney for McKinley County for another decade, from 1989-1999.

Mr. Buffington's areas of practice include personal injury, criminal defense, medical malpractice, Indian law, trucking accidents, employment law, and business law. He is licensed to practice law in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribal Court and the Zuni Pueblo.

Please click the links below to learn more about our lawyers.

Forrest G. Buffington
Daniel M. Rosenfelt

Call us at 1-888-784-6565 to schedule a free consultation with an attorney for personal injury and medical malpractice matters or contact us by email.

Office hours: 8-5, evenings and weekends available by appointment

Rosenfelt & Buffington, P.A.
Albuquerque Office
1803 Carlisle Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Phone: 505-266-3441

Gallup Office
405 South 2nd Street
Gallup, NM 87301
Phone: 505-863-2400
Toll free: 1-888-784-6565

Shiprock Office
Hwy. 491& 64
Shiprock, NM 87420
Phone: 505-368-4200

*Past success cannot be an assurance of future results, because each case must be decided on its own merits.

Rosenfelt & Buffington, P.A., offices in Gallup, Shiprock and Albuquerque, New Mexico, serve clients throughout New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah including McKinley County, San Juan County, Bernalillo County, Cibola County and Sandoval County, New Mexico, and Apache County, Navajo County, and Coconino County, Arizona. Many clients reside in Albuquerque, Phoenix, Gallup and Farmington. We are committed to serving the people of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the Pueblo of Zuni and the entire Four Corners Region.