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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                         DIRECTORS OF LNB BANCORP, INC.


         Know all men by these presents that each person whose name is signed
below has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Gary C. Smith his true and lawful attorney with full
power of substitution and resubstitution to affix for him and in his name, place
and stead, as attorney-in-fact, his signature as director or officer, or both,
of LNB Bancorp, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 registering under the Securities Act of 1933, common
shares to be offered and sold under the LNB Bancorp, Inc. Direct Stock Purchase
and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective
amendments and exhibits to that Registration Statement, and to any and all
applications and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting to such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform every act and thing
whatsoever necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as he might or could
do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed at Lorain,
Ohio, this 19th day of December, 2000.


/s/ Daniel P. Batista                         Director
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Daniel P. Batista

/s/ Robert M. Campana                         Director
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Robert M. Campana

/s/ Terry D. Goode                            Director
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Terry D. Goode

/s/ Wellsley O. Gray                          Director
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Wellsley O. Gray

/s/ James R. Herrick                          Director
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James R. Herrick

/s/ James F. Kidd                             Vice Chairman of the Board
- -------------------------------------         and Director
James F. Kidd

/s/ David M. Koethe                           Director
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David M. Koethe

/s/ Benjamin G. Norton                        Director
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Benjamin G. Norton

/s/ Stanley G. Pijor                          Chairman of the Board
- -------------------------------------         and Director
Stanley G. Pijor

/s/ Jeffrey F. Riddell                        Director
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Jeffrey F. Riddell

/s/ Thomas P. Ryan                            Director, Executive Vice President
- -------------------------------------         and Secretary
Thomas P. Ryan

/s/ John W. Schaeffer, M. D.                  Director
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John W. Schaeffer, M. D.

/s/ Eugene M. Sofranko                        Director
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Eugene M. Sofranko

/s/ Leo Weingarten                            Director
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Leo Weingarten