Robert J. Wheeler, Jr. has practiced criminal defense law since 1981 and has successfully defended clients in all types of crimes, from misdemeanors to murders. He is a skilled trial attorney and recent trials includeViolent Crimes, Murder, Rape, Carjacking, Home Invasion, Violation of Domestic Restraining Orders, Assault and Battery, Breaking and Entering, Armed Robbery, Drug Offenses, Drug Possession, Drug Trafficking, Motor Vehicle Offenses, including Drunk Driving, Motor Vehicle Homicide, and all White Collar Crimes, Extortion, Tax Evasion, Computer Crimes, Financial Fraud and all Criminal Defense cases. His practice includes representation of individuals at Clerk/Magistrate Hearings as well as those who are targets of Grand Jury investigations.

Criminal defense attorney Robert J. Wheeler, Jr. represents client in the appeals process both in State and Federal Court and aggressively represents clients in clerk's hearings and administrative hearings--such as petitions for driver's license reinstatement and hearings before professional boards of registration.

Robert Wheeler has appeared in nearly every courthouse in Massachusetts in all 14 counties, including Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and Worcester.

As part of his criminal defense drug crimes practice, he has appeared in Federal Court in New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Illinois (Chicago), Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana (New Orleans), Georgia, New York, Michigan (Detroit), Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) and Arizona (Phoenix).

Criminal defense lawyer Robert J. Wheeler, Jr. is a graduate of Yale University and received his law degree from Suffolk University Law School. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, United States District Court of Massachusetts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Tax Court. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) and the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL).