The initial meeting of the J. Bratton Davis Bankruptcy American Inn of Court was held on November 6, 2018 at the Columbia, South Carolina offices of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.  The Inn's President, Rick Mendoza, discussed the threefold purpose of the Inn:  to preserve the standards of civility and professionalism set by Judge Davis, to provide mentorship to new attorneys, and to promote diversity in the bankruptcy bar in the district.  Ed Mullins gave an informative talk about the history of the American Inns of Court and presented President Mendoza with the charter of the new Inn on behalf of the American Inns of Court.