How do I get a lawyer to represent me?

Try to move through Hospital Social Worker.

Yes, by "fast forwarding" you left us assuming which makes it hard to point you in the right direction.

Lenster, your profile provides no information at all.    If you have time, perhaps complete that, or provide more information here.  That would help posters make suggestions.

 Your indication of needing someone to "represent" you suggests to me that this is a situation beyond just needing end of life documents.

My experience with firms is that they MAKE time for a client in need.  One attorney for whom I worked rearranged appointments when she was asked to help a dying woman.   She met with the woman either that day or the next; we prioritized the documents, got them done, and the attorney met with her the next day.  She died the following day.

My own attorney rearranged her schedule to meet with my sister just after she extubated herself, in her hospital room.

Good law firms, if they want the case, will make arrangements as necessary.

I suspect though that there are other issues since you want representation for yourself and there don't seem to be firms available (that's usually just an excuse for not wanting to get involved).   If you provide a bit more information, other suggestions might be available.  If it's a potential litigation matter, that's a different story.

I am sorry to learn of your wife's condition; it must be very challenging and frustrating to try to find an attorney under those conditions.


Another thought: call the local or state bar association and ask for estate planning, elder law, or estate litigation (if that's the issue) law firms.    Our bar assns. have various practice areas and could give you the names of firms in those particular practices.

I suspect the problem is that the OP needs a lawyer to act immediately and there isn’t one available who can just drop everything they are working on for their other clients.

Sorry, I had to fast forward through the compassion to get this husband the help he needs, because he was being vague.
If that came through to an attorney's office, being vague would not get him an appointment, ever.

Call the patient's rights advocate of the hospital she is in.
Present your case honestly, forthrightly, on behalf of your wife,(who is the real person in need of an attorney here?). The Ombudsman (or patient's rights advocate) comes right away.

It seems urgent, so I advise you to give up the 'friend-of-a-friend'
strategy, and stop seeking what appears to be an attitude of entitlement on your part seeking back channels. If this rings true, maybe you have wasted a lot of time?

Did you want to give details, so someone with experience can answer?

My experience with attorneys is that they are 'booked' if they just do not want to take a case, for whatever reasons.

Hoping you get the help your wife needs. Keep trying.

Very sorry re your wife.   If she has only a few days left and you want a will redone, many will be concerned she is not competent.  What is it you need done

Every single law firm is booked? I might steer away from the big firms and look for an attorney in private practice who operates out of his own office by himself.