Exhibit 24
CONFORMED
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Jack L. Blair, as true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign
any or all amendments to the Application for Conversion by Lawrence Federal
Savings Bank and the Form SB-2 Registration Statement by Lawrence Financial
Holdings, Inc. and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Office of Thrift Supervision of the
Department of the Treasury (the "OTS") or the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, respectively, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of Part 563b of the OTS Rules and
Regulations and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, the foregoing Power of Attorney prepared in
conjunction with the Application for Conversion and the Registration Statement
has been duly signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
NAME DATE
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/s/ Jack L. Blair September 8, 2000
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Jack L. Blair
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(principal executive officer)
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(principal executive officer)
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank
/s/ Mary C. Kratzenberg September 8, 2000
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Mary C. Kratzenberg
Treasurer
(principal financial officer)
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.
Treasurer
(principal financial officer)
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank
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NAME DATE
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/s/ Carey B. Dunfree September 8, 2000
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Carey B. Dunfee
Controller
(principal accounting officer)
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.
Controller
(principal accounting officer)
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank
/s/ Tracy E. Brammer, Jr. September 8, 2000
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Tracy E. Brammer, Jr.
Director
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.
Director
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank
/s/ Herbert J. Karlet September 8, 2000
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Herbert J. Karlet
Director
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.
Director
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank
/s/ Phillip O. McMahon September 8, 2000
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Phillip O. McMahon
Director
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.
Director
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank
/s/ Robert N. Taylor September 8, 2000
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Robert N. Taylor
Director
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.
Director
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank
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NAME DATE
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/s/ Charles E. Austin, II September 8, 2000
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Charles E. Austin, II
Director
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.
Director
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank