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Slam The Gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to the podcast to discuss an article written in the Illinois State Bar Association, The Bar News, "Illinois Supreme Court Disbars 4, Suspends 4 in Latest Disciplinary Filing." (Posted January 20th, 2026)
      We talked about how the Illinois Supreme Court at that time, issued attorney disciplinary orders during its January 2026 Term of Court. There were sanctions imposed due to the fact that more than several attorneys took part in professional misconduct by violating Illinois state ethics laws.
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Slam the gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to discuss an Illinois article written by Jonathan Bilyk (Legal Newsline), "Appeals court: Cook divorce judges can't hold ex-husbands 'hostage' to force families to pay divorce bills" (December 26, 2024 - UPDATED May 21, 2025. We discussed what imputation of income really means, Debtor's Prison and "recalcitrance."
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Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes Barb Varcl Smith from Aberdeen, Scotland. Barb Varcl Smith is a Trauma Recovery Educator, Speaker, Therapist and Creator of The Ascendance Method(TM), a practical framework for understanding trauma, recovery and personal transformation.
      With over 20 years of professional experience and a unique systems-thinking background, Barb is known for making complex trauma concepts easy to understand and apply in every day life. Barb discussed how her work helps people recognize the hidden survival patterns that continue influencing thoughts, emotions, relationships, parenting and decision-making long after the original experiences have passed.
    She is the creator of the Steps of Ascendance(TM) framework, the concept of Fake Resilience(TM), and host of the PODCAST, "Way Out Of Childhood Trauma." She is also the author of her upcoming book, "Purposeful Parenting: How to Raise a Healthy Mind - Applying the Ascendance Method(TM) to family life."
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Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes back Linda Denton-Harris. Linda was last on in December 2nd, 2024, Season 5, Episode 194. Linda and I discussed her bestselling book, "They're NOT Here To Help, An Advocate's Guide to Surviving Family Court, CPS and the Systems that Profit from Families." Linda talked about her 25 years inside of family court and CPS, building a constitutional case against systems that claim to serve children while systematically silencing them. The stories of advocates as well as her own case shows how the same pattern repeats itself over and over and it's NOT by ACCIDENT, it is by DESIGN. They are counting on a parent not having the greatest weapon: KNOWLEDGE.
    Linda has been an advocate since 2007, and graduated at the top of her class in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. She is also the founder of Families Matter and Children's rights.
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Slam the Gavel host Maryann Petri, reads Michael Phillips's article written 7-4-2026, "What to the Parent is the Fourth of July?" Michael Phillips can be found on Substack with other amazing articles. Today on America's 250th birthday, the oldest liberty: the Constitution, the Supreme Court identifies, remains the very LEAST protected right in American law, especially for parents. Thank you, Michael Phillips for this great article.
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