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                                                                    Exhibit 25.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  WHEREAS, the undersigned officers and directors of CD&L, Inc.
(the "Company") desire to authorize Albert W. Van Ness, Jr., and William T.
Brannan to act as their attorneys-in-fact and agents, for the purpose of
executing and filing the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, including all
amendments thereto;

                  NOW, THEREFORE,

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Albert W. Van Ness, Jr., and
William T. Brannan and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to execute the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, including any and all amendments and
supplements thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 and to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this power
of attorney in the following capacities as of the 14th day of March 2003.
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             SIGNATURE                                                             TITLE
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/s/ Albert W. Van Ness, Jr.                                  Chairman  of the Board,  Chief  Executive  Officer  and
---------------------------                                  Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Albert W. Van Ness, Jr.

/s/ William T. Brannan                                       President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
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William T. Brannan

/s/ Russell J. Reardon                                       Vice  President,  Chief  Financial  Officer  (Principal
---------------------------                                  Financial and Accounting Officer)
Russell J. Reardon

/s/ Michael Brooks                                           Group Operations President and Director
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Michael Brooks

/s/ Thomas E. Durkin                                         Director
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Thomas E. Durkin

/s/ Jon F. Hanson                                            Director
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Jon F. Hanson

/s/ Marilu Marshall                                          Director
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Marilu Marshall

/s/ Matthew Morahan                                          Director
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Matthew Morahan

/s/ John Simourian                                           Director
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John Simourian

/s/ John S. Wehrle                                           Director
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John S. Wehrle
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