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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


STATE OF ILLINOIS

COUNTY OF COOK


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, David Cicchinelli, a Director
of THE MAXIM GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint A.J.
Nassar and Thomas P. Leahey my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with full
power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 for THE MAXIM GROUP, INC., in connection with its 1993 Stock Option
Plan, as amended, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities,
any amendments to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any
of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that any of said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day
of February, 1998.



                                    /s/ David E. Cicchinelli
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                                    David E. Cicchinelli




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STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF COBB


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, James W. Inglis, a Director of
THE MAXIM GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint A.J.
Nassar and Thomas P. Leahey my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with full
power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 for THE MAXIM GROUP, INC., in connection with its 1993 Stock Option
Plan, as amended, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities,
any amendments to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any
of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that any of said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day
of February, 1998.



                                    /s/ James W. Inglis
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                                    James W. Inglis




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STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF FULTON


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, J. Michael Nixon, a Director of
THE MAXIM GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint A.J.
Nassar and Thomas P. Leahey my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with full
power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 for THE MAXIM GROUP, INC., in connection with its 1993 Stock Option
Plan, as amended, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities,
any amendments to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any
of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that any of said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day
of March, 1998.



                                    /s/ J. Michael Nixon
                                    ----------------------------------
                                    J. Michael Nixon





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STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF COBB


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, H. Stanley Padgett, a Director
of THE MAXIM GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint A.J.
Nassar and Thomas P. Leahey my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with full
power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 for THE MAXIM GROUP, INC., in connection with its 1993 Stock Option
Plan, as amended, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities,
any amendments to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any
of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that any of said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day
of February, 1998.



                                    /s/ H. Stanley Padgett
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                                    H. Stanley Padgett




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STATE OF  Florida
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COUNTY OF Broward
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, M.B. Seretean, a Director of
THE MAXIM GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint A.J.
Nassar and Thomas P. Leahey my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with full
power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 for THE MAXIM GROUP, INC., in connection with its 1993 Stock Option
Plan, as amended, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities,
any amendments to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any
of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that any of said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day
of March, 1998.
   


                                    /s/ M.B. Seretean
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                                    M.B. Seretean