Bancroft Wheeler

Bancroft “Bats” Wheeler has practiced in Boston since 1960. He began his career at Gaston & Snow, and then continued to Boyd, MacCrellish & Wheeler before that firm merged with Nutter, McClennen & Fish in 1993. His area of practice has been primarily in trusts and estates, including estate planning for high net worth individuals, estate and trust administration, and guardianships. For a time, he also worked in qualified plan design. For several years, Bats has been active in Senior Partners for Justice, a program which pairs retired and active lawyers with low-income clients. In this program, he has worked in the guardianship and probate areas, and has recently been assisting Senior Partners attorneys with probate aspects of bank foreclosure matters. Bats also served on the Boston Bar Association’s committee to draft the Massachusetts Principal and Income Act.

As an Access to Justice Fellow, Bats will be working with MetroWest Legal Services and plans to assist them in preparing simple wills, durable powers of attorney, and health care proxies for their clients.