--- title: Nobody Knows It All description: I recently attended a 2 day real estate and litigation seminar in St. Paul. The presenters were some of the most experienced, sophisticated lawyers in Minnesota. --- [Dan's Desk](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/author/dan-gallatin) - [lawyer](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/lawyer) - [hugo](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/hugo) - [MN](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/mn) - [law](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/law) - [attorney](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/attorney) - [legal](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/legal) [Subscribe](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/nobody-knows-it-all#) 11/25/2015 # Nobody Knows It All - - - - - [mailto:?subject=Nobody%20Knows%20It%20All&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallatin-law.com%2Fblog%2Fnobody-knows-it-all](mailto:?subject=Nobody%20Knows%20It%20All&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallatin-law.com%2Fblog%2Fnobody-knows-it-all) I recently attended a 2 day real estate and litigation seminar in St. Paul. The presenters were some of the most experienced, sophisticated lawyers in Minnesota. The substantive knowledge I gained was great. But, what I found to be the most valuable aspect of the seminar was the humble nature of these outstanding practitioners to acknowledge that they really don't have all the answers, indeed nobody does. There are certainly times when when an answer is certain, but those times are rare. ![img-gallatin-dan-lowpro-photo-0](http://96bda424cfcc34d9dd1a-0a7f10f87519dba22d2dbc6233a731e5.r41.cf2.rackcdn.com/gallatinlaw/gallatin-law/dan-bio-photos/img-gallatin-dan-lowpro-photo-0.jpg)Your chosen legal practitioner has to be able to acknowledge that he or she does not know it all and can't do everything for everybody...at least not alone. I am very fortunate to have a great number of generous, experienced, and smart lawyers and colleagues who let me bounce ideas and issues off them. I thank my colleagues for their generosity and I thank those who trust me with their legal issues to not hold it against me when I tell them I don't know the answer right now, but I will find it for you. Finally, I recently read this quote from Mark Twain that I think is worth sharing: “Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” ~ Dan - [attorney](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/attorney), - [hugo](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/hugo), - [legal advice](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/legal-advice), - [holiday](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/holiday), - [lawyer](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/lawyer), - [minnesota](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/minnesota), - [MN](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/mn), - [real estate](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/real-estate), - [thanksgiving](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/thanksgiving) ![Dan Gallatin](https://www.gallatin-law.com/hubfs/assets-mjfw/site%20images/Dans-Desk.jpg) ## [Dan Gallatin](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/author/dan-gallatin) Dan is a lifelong resident of Minnesota. Born in St. Paul, Dan spent many of his formative years growing up there before moving to White Bear Lake. After graduating from White Bear Lake, Dan spent four glorious years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning a degree in two majors. Dan worked as a Senior Investigator at the Minnesota Department of Commerce for several years after graduating from college. During his final years Dan attended William Mitchell College of Law while still working full-time. During this exhausting 3 ½ year period Dan honed his skills in becoming an efficient, to-the-point legal practitioner. While at Madison Dan met his wife, Tonya, and together they moved to Minnesota to plant their roots. Dan and Tonya have two amazing, unique children and reside in Hugo. ### CONNECT WITH ME - ## Related Posts [10/19/2016 College planning In early summer we posted some advice for parents sending their children off to school. We are reposting it as the fall semester is upon us and in… Read Post ](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/college-planning) [02/22/2017 Recent Regulatory Actions in Minnesota As an active Hugo Minnesota lawyer, I keep an eye on what the regulators are imposing for sanctions on licensees. Once in a while, I put up some of… Read Post ](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/recent-regulatory-actions-in-minnesota1) ### Subscribe Here! ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Dan Gallatin", "url" : "https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/author/dan-gallatin" }, "dateModified" : "2020-08-21T23:01:34.183Z", "datePublished" : "2015-11-25T06:00:00.000Z", "headline" : "Nobody Knows It All", "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/nobody-knows-it-all", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://www.gallatin-law.com/hubfs/logos/Gallatin-Logo-654x84.png" }, "name" : "Gallatin Law, PLLC" } } ```