Ep 245 | Michael Kotik | Philadelphia Defense Lawyer on Criminal & Immigration Law Intersection
The Lawyer Stories Podcast
Benjamin Gold
5.0 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The Lawyer Stories Podcast episode 245 welcomes back our friend Michael Kotik — returning from episode 168 — Philadelphia Criminal Defense Attorney and Partner at SKA Law Group, LLC. We discuss the convergence and intersection of criminal law and immigration law, and what really happens behind the scenes with ICE agents and immigrants appearing before judicial hearings.
Michael breaks down the complex challenges these cases create for law firms, the human stakes involved, and why he continues to fight passionately for his clients' rights in some of the most difficult circumstances.
🎧 A raw, eye-opening look at a side of the justice system most people never see.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Lawyer Stories podcast with host Benny Gold. Lawyer Stories was founded in July 2017 on Instagram and is an expanding global network of lawyers and law students sharing their personal journeys to the noble profession of the practice of law. |
| 0:16.9 | Join us on this podcast as we dig deeper into these stories and hear from lawyers and law students from around the world in all areas of the legal profession. |
| 0:26.0 | Here at lawyer stories, we believe that every lawyer has a story. What's yours? |
| 0:35.0 | Welcome to the Lawyer Stories podcast with Benny Gold. |
| 0:40.1 | Thanks, Jenny. |
| 0:41.1 | Yeah, man. |
| 0:42.0 | Great to see you back. |
| 0:43.2 | Today we're welcoming back our good friend Michael Kodick, criminal defense attorney and owner of SKA, SKA Law Group, Philadelphia. |
| 0:52.4 | You might remember Michael from episode 168. |
| 0:56.0 | 168. |
| 0:57.2 | Now it's what episode 500? |
| 0:59.0 | I mean? |
| 0:59.4 | You've probably got like three 500 of episodes. |
| 1:01.1 | No, no, no, no. |
| 1:02.0 | We're at like two something. |
| 1:05.3 | I just released two. |
| 1:06.5 | 32, I think. |
| 1:08.1 | Bro, you're like on season seven of Netflix over here. |
| 1:10.9 | I would love it. |
| 1:11.8 | You know, I'd wish, like, I'd love to get picked up by Spotify or one of those, like, channels. Sure, we should do that, man. That's the stuff. That'd be sick. But, like, all right, let me finish my intro from Michael Codick. Sorry, sorry. All right. So you might remember him from his powerful journey into criminal defense and how he built one of Philadelphia's most recognized defense firms. |
| 1:34.1 | So, dude, all right, I'm done with my intro, but it's great to have you back. |
| 1:38.9 | Michael and I have also become friends over the years, and I mean that years. |
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