POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes
and appoints W. Scott Jardine, Esq. and James A. Bowen and each of them, with
full power to act without the other, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full and several power of substitution, to take any appropriate
action to execute and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any
amendment to the registration statement of First Defined Sector Fund (the
"Company"), to file any request for exemptive relief from state and federal
regulations, to perform on behalf of the Company any and all such acts as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable in order to comply with the
applicable laws of the United States or any individual state, and in connection
therewith to execute and file all requisite papers and documents, including, but
not limited to, applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and
appointments of attorneys for service of process; granting to such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully as each might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on the 11th day of December, 2000.
By: /s/ James A. Bowen
Name: James A. Bowen
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes
and appoints W. Scott Jardine, Esq. and James A. Bowen and each of them, with
full power to act without the other, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full and several power of substitution, to take any appropriate
action to execute and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any
amendment to the registration statement of First Defined Sector Fund (the
"Company"), to file any request for exemptive relief from state and federal
regulations, to perform on behalf of the Company any and all such acts as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable in order to comply with the
applicable laws of the United States or any individual state, and in connection
therewith to execute and file all requisite papers and documents, including, but
not limited to, applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and
appointments of attorneys for service of process; granting to such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully as each might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on the 11th day of December, 2000.
By: /s/ Richard E. Erickson
Name: Richard E. Erickson
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes
and appoints W. Scott Jardine, Esq. and James A. Bowen and each of them, with
full power to act without the other, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full and several power of substitution, to take any appropriate
action to execute and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any
amendment to the registration statement of First Defined Sector Fund (the
"Company"), to file any request for exemptive relief from state and federal
regulations, to perform on behalf of the Company any and all such acts as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable in order to comply with the
applicable laws of the United States or any individual state, and in connection
therewith to execute and file all requisite papers and documents, including, but
not limited to, applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and
appointments of attorneys for service of process; granting to such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully as each might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on the 11th day of December, 2000.
By: /s/ Niel B. Nielson
Name: Niel B. Nielson
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes
and appoints W. Scott Jardine, Esq. and James A. Bowen and each of them, with
full power to act without the other, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full and several power of substitution, to take any appropriate
action to execute and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any
amendment to the registration statement of First Defined Sector Fund (the
"Company"), to file any request for exemptive relief from state and federal
regulations, to perform on behalf of the Company any and all such acts as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable in order to comply with the
applicable laws of the United States or any individual state, and in connection
therewith to execute and file all requisite papers and documents, including, but
not limited to, applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and
appointments of attorneys for service of process; granting to such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully as each might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on the 11th day of December, 2000.
By: /s/ Patrick M. Fitzgerald
Name: Patrick M. Fitzgerald
Power of Attorney
Know All Persons by These Presents, that the undersigned constitutes
and appoints W. Scott Jardine, Esq. and James A. Bowen and each of them, with
full power to act without the other, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full and several power of substitution, to take any appropriate
action to execute and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any
amendment to the registration statement of First Defined Sector Fund (the
"Company"), to file any request for exemptive relief from state and federal
regulations, to perform on behalf of the Company any and all such acts as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable in order to comply with the
applicable laws of the United States or any individual state, and in connection
therewith to execute and file all requisite papers and documents, including, but
not limited to, applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents and
appointments of attorneys for service of process; granting to such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully as each might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
on the 11th day of December, 2000.
By: /s/ Robert J. Bartel
Name: Robert J. Bartel
