General Motors and Chrysler LLC may see a light at the end of the bankruptcy tunnel. But the parts manufacturers that depended on them for business are still struggling.

On Monday, J.L. French Automotive Castings Inc, which makes aluminum die-cast auto parts, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware. The Sheboygan, Wisc.-based company was advised by Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Los Angeles partner Gregory Bray, along with Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones partner Laura Jones, who also represented the company in its four-month-long bankruptcy proceedings in 2006.