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 ---- ---- /s/ Jack L. Blair September 8, 2000 - ---------------------------------- 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 - ---------------------------------- Mary C. Kratzenberg Treasurer (principal financial officer) Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc. Treasurer (principal financial officer) Lawrence Federal Savings Bank NAME DATE ---- ---- /s/ Carey B. Dunfree September 8, 2000 - ----------------------------------- 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 - ----------------------------------- Tracy E. Brammer, Jr. Director Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc. Director Lawrence Federal Savings Bank /s/ Herbert J. Karlet September 8, 2000 - ----------------------------------- Herbert J. Karlet Director Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc. Director Lawrence Federal Savings Bank /s/ Phillip O. McMahon September 8, 2000 - ----------------------------------- Phillip O. McMahon Director Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc. Director Lawrence Federal Savings Bank /s/ Robert N. Taylor September 8, 2000 - ----------------------------------- Robert N. Taylor Director Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc. Director Lawrence Federal Savings Bank NAME DATE ---- ---- /s/ Charles E. Austin, II September 8, 2000 - ----------------------------------- Charles E. Austin, II Director Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc. Director Lawrence Federal Savings Bank