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About Elizabeth Franklin-Best

Elizabeth Franklin-Best P.C. is a federal criminal defense law firm representing clients exclusively in federal courts and agencies nationwide. Led by attorney Elizabeth Franklin-Best and Managing Director Christopher Zoukis, the firm combines over two decades of appellate advocacy experience with nationally recognized expertise in federal prison policy. Elizabeth Franklin-Best is a federal criminal defense and appellate attorney with more than 20 years of experience in high-stakes post-conviction advocacy. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. She is the author of Reversing Your Criminal Conviction: Develop Your Winning Strategy (2023) and was recognized as the 2010 Public Defender of the Year by the South Carolina Public Defender Association. Christopher Zoukis is a nationally recognized federal prison expert. He is the author of six books on federal criminal defense and prison policy, including The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Federal Prison Handbook. Major media outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, and Bloomberg Law, regularly seek his expertise. The firm’s practice areas include: -Federal Criminal Appeals -Post-Conviction Relief (28 U.S.C. § 2255 and § 2241) -Compassionate Release -Sentence Reduction Motions (18 U.S.C. § 3582) -Presidential Pardon and Commutation Petitions -First Step Act Time Credits -Bureau of Prisons Administrative Remedies -Federal Prison Designation and Placement -Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) Matters -Early Termination of Supervised Release -Sentence Mitigation and Guidelines Advocacy -Federal Prisoner Treaty Transfer Requests Elizabeth Franklin-Best, P.C., is committed to providing individualized, compassionate representation to every client, ensuring that no stone goes unturned in the pursuit of justice.