--- title: "Trial Risks: Credibility" description: "In law school, a professor warned against one major trial peril: Being too in love with your own case. What he meant was, don't become so enamored with your own case such that you lose sight of your own case's blemishes and the other sides good facts." --- [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/trial-risks-credibility#) 05/01/2019 # Trial Risks: Credibility - - - - - [mailto:?subject=Trial%20Risks%3A%20Credibility&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallatin-law.com%2Fblog%2Ftrial-risks-credibility](mailto:?subject=Trial%20Risks%3A%20Credibility&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallatin-law.com%2Fblog%2Ftrial-risks-credibility) In law school, a professor warned against one major trial peril: Being too in love with your own case. What he meant was, don't become so enamored with your own case such that you lose sight of your own case's blemishes and the other sides good facts. That pointer has been important to me in my 12 years of private practice and appearing in court in Hastings, St. Paul, Stillwater, Cambridge, and other courts. One of the major issues to address with your own case is credibility. In other words, how believable are you and your story? You can be right all day long, but if your story is not believed, you have an extremely high risk of losing. A major way to boost your credibility is to have documentation support. E-mail is a wonderful instrument. If you can testify to your story and use e-mails to support your story, or that are consistent with your story, your credibility should be very high. Understanding your litigation risks and downsides is something I think I do extremely well and very fairly. I don't lead you to believe you have a good case when you don't, and I will help you understand what your options are to make a good decision for YOU. The material contained herein is provided for informational purposes only and is not legal advice, nor is it a substitute for obtaining legal advice from an attorney. Each situation is unique, and you should not act or rely on any information contained herein without seeking the advice of an experienced attorney. 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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 [03/07/2018 Real Estate Ownership: Clearing Clouds Ownership in real estate is usually very clean and straightforward. Thankfully in those cases, legal help is not generally needed. 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