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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors
of The Lamson & Sessions Co., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), hereby
constitutes and appoints John B. Schulze and James J. Abel, and each of them,
his true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and revocation, for him and in his name, place, and stead, to sign
on his behalf as a director of the Company a Registration Statement pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933 on Form S-8 concerning certain Common Shares of the
Company to be offered in connection with the Company's 1998 Incentive Equity
Plan (As Amended and Restated as of April 28, 2000), and to sign any and all
amendments or post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state regulatory
authority, granting unto said attorney or attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of
the 27th day of November, 2000.
/s/ James T. Bartlett /s/ George R. Hill
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James T. Bartlett George R. Hill
Director Director
/s/ Francis H. Beam, Jr. /s/ A. Malachi Mixon, III
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Francis H. Beam, Jr. A. Malachi Mixon, III
Director Director
/s/ William H. Coquillette /s/ John C. Morley
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William H. Coquillette John C. Morley
Director Director
/s/ Martin J. Cleary /s/ D. Van Skilling
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Martin J. Cleary D. Van Skilling
Director Director
/s/ John C. Dannemiller
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John C. Dannemiller
Director
