The E. Robert Williams American Inn of Court was formed in 2007 and the inaugural banquet was held at the San Jose Country Club in Jacksonville, Florida on June 6, 2007. The Inn is composed of lawyers, judges, mediators, and law students who are significantly involved in the Workers' Compensation area of law in Jacksonville, Florida. The Inn is named after E. Robert Williams, a well-respected litigator and mediator in Jacksonville who established a great sense of professionalism and ethics in the legal community and the practice of workers' compensation. The Inns' ongoing mission is to promote professionalism, provide tutelage and mentoring amongst the Inns' members while playing an active part in North Florida's legal community.