Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Bengston

Attorney disciplinary proceeding; attorney’s license suspended.

Noreen G. Bengston, an attorney admitted to practice in 1948 and who practices in Madison, appeals from Referee Franklin W. Clarke’s findings, conclusions and recommendation for discipline concerning her unprofessional conduct. The referee found that Bengston neglected a legal matter, in violation of SCR 20.32(3), by failing to commence a legal action as she was retained to do by her client, who was injured in an automobile accident, and by failing to negotiate a settlement with the insurer; that her responses to the client’s…