Most active bankruptcy attorneys Most active bankruptcy attorneys Several thousand bankruptcy petitions were filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee during the first quarter of 1999 and those petitioners need legal representation. Here's a look at the most active bankruptcy attorneys in the first quarter. Attorney No. of petitions Jimmy E. McElroy 447 Allen C. Jones 314 Cohen & Fila 243 Darrell L. Castle 233 Raymond Weber 205 Melinda S. Benham 145 Sidney A. Feuerstein 140 Barbara R. Loevy 131 Timothy B. Latimer 127 Philip F. Counce 125 Lloyd A. Utley 121 Ken Walker 107 Ted I. Jones 102 Irving S. Zeitlin 98 John Van den Bosch Jr. 94 Source: Bankruptcy petitions filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee between Jan. 1 and March 31 that contained an attorney's name, as compiled by the Daily News Online.