Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Pump

Attorney disciplinary proceeding; attorney’s license suspended.

Attorney Sidney Pump appeals from the referee’s recommendation that his license be suspended for six months and that he be ordered to pay the costs of this proceeding as discipline for unprofessional conduct in neglecting three legal matters of a client. While we accept the referee’s findings of fact and conclusions of law concerning Attorney Pump’s misconduct, we conclude that a 60-day suspension of his license to practice law is appropriate discipline.

Attorney Pump was admitted to practice in Wisconsin in 1959 and practices in…