| Zimmerman, Kuhn, Darling, Boyd, and Quandt, PLC, has been providing legal services to the Grand Traverse Area since 1892 when John Patchin started law practice in Traverse City. Today the firm provides a wide range of legal services including real estate development, business planning, family law, estate planning, commercial bankruptcy, commercial litigation, and environmental litigation in addition to the firm's traditional worker's compensation and insurance practice. The firm enjoys an outstanding ranking among top law firms nationwide including U.S. News & World Reports "Best Law Firms"; Thompson Reuters "Best Lawyers In America"; and Corporate Counsel's "Top Lawyers". The firm also enjoys the status of "Preeminent Law Firms by Mantindale-Hubbell. Representative Clients: Utica Mutual Insurance Co.; Cherries R Us Inc.; Traverse Bay Credit Union; Federated Rural Electric Co.; Federated Insurance; The Accident Fund; AIG Insurance; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians Shoreline Fruit; Cherry Country Fruit Works, LLC; Triple D.Orchards; Cherry Growers; Cherry-Ke; Omni Hospitality; Traverse City State Bank; Adler Energy; Heritage Wind Energy; Integris Energy; Consumers Power Company; Bowood Energy; Amec; Grand Traverse Construction; Grand Traverse Trucking; Merit Energy. ENVIRONMENTAL COUNSEL FOR: American Waste; State Farm Insurance Co.; CMS Energy; Fifth Third Bank; Imperial Oil Co.; MACTEC; Republic Bank; Michigan Concrete Association; Michigan Septic Tank Association; Milacron; Central Illinois Light and Power; Detroit Mold Engineering; Key Energy Group; Northern A-1 Services, Inc.; Michigan Gas Utilities; Cherry Growers, Inc.; Schmuckal Oil Co.; Summit Petroleum; Starcutter, Inc.; Central Michigan University; Michigan Technological University; Republic Bank; Traverse City State Bank; Sugar Loaf Resort; Muskegon Development; Presidium Antrim West Energy; Atlas Energy. |

