Attorneys with Proven Legal Experience

Daniel P. Ulibarri is a trial attorney with the Rios Law Firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He was admitted to practice in Texas and in New Mexico in 1995. He joined Rios Law Firm in 2019.  

Before joining the Rios Law Firm, Daniel was the Senior litigator for Liberty Mutual and had focused on defending large corporate entities and individuals sued in catastrophic injury cases.  

Prior to Liberty Mutual, Daniel was the managing attorney for Government Employees Insurance Company at the Law Office of Daniel P. Ulibarri in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  While there, he successfully defended a number of individuals and corporations in trials in the County District Courts and represented corporate clients in the New Mexico Court of Appeals.  

Prior to GEICO, Daniel was managing partner in his own firm, O’Brien & Ulibarri, P.C.  Over more than a decade he worked in the areas of insurance bad faith, coverage, products liability, property owner liability, commercial liability and construction defect as well as other litigation matters.  He has received defense verdicts for individuals and corporations against product liability, bad faith and complex personal injury claims.  

In addition to his trial experience, Daniel has successfully briefed and argued many appellate issues before New Mexico’s Court of Appeals and Supreme Court as well as in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Daniel received his Bachelor of Arts in Human Communication from Texas Christian University and his Juris Doctorate from the Baylor University School of Law.