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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(d)
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                      ONE-YEAR CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

                                      WITH

                                  KEY EMPLOYEE

The Lamson & Sessions Co. (the "Company") recognizes that the possibility of a
"Change in Control" (as that term is hereafter defined) of the Company may exist
at some time in the future and that the uncertainty which such an event would
create among key employees of the Company could result in the distraction of
management to the detriment of the Company and its stockholders. To encourage
continued attention to your assigned duties without distraction should a Change
in Control occur, and thereby to induce you to continue to serve as (TITLE OF
ASSOCIATE), the Company agrees that in the event of a Change in Control and in
the further event, within one (1) year after a Change in Control occurs:

         (a) your employment by the Company (other than discharge for "Cause" as
hereinafter defined, death or total or permanent disability) is terminated; or

         (b) you exercise your right to terminate your employment for "Good
Reason" as hereafter defined

you will be paid severance benefits as specified below:

         1) You shall be entitled to receive as severance pay a sum equal to
your annual base salary at the date of your termination plus accrued but unpaid
vacation pay, payable in semi-monthly installments in arrears for a period of
one year from the date of your termination. The date of the last payment shall
be your "Final Separation Date."

         2) To the extent you are eligible, you shall continue to be covered by
all Company benefit plans until the Final Separation Date, including group
medical and dental plan, group life insurance, accidental death and disability
coverage, long-term disability and Salaried Pension Plan coverage, if the terms
of such plans permit. You may continue at your option high limit group accident
insurance coverage and 40l(k) savings plan deductions, if the terms thereof
permit, until your Final Separation Date. Your right to a Company car (if any)
and business expenses shall cease on your last day of scheduled employment.
Company cars shall be turned in and business expenses outstanding shall be
settled within five (5) days of your last day of scheduled employment. Any stock
option you hold may be exercised in accordance with the termination or Change in
Control provision contained in the Plan under which the option was granted.
Should you obtain other employment before the Final Separation Date, you must
notify the Company within five (5) days and all benefits (but not severance pay)
will cease as of the date of your employment. If for any reason the terms of a
specific benefit plan do not permit continuation of benefits during a severance
pay period, then such benefits shall not be available to you. The unavailability
of any one benefit shall not affect the continuation of other benefits.

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         3) The payments made to you hereunder shall be severance pay given in
consideration of your past service and in consideration of your continued
service from the date hereof in lieu of any salary payments to you for periods
subsequent to your termination. Your entitlement hereto shall not be governed by
any duty to mitigate damages by seeking further employment nor offset by any
compensation which you may receive from future employment, except as provided in
Paragraph 2.

         4) "Change in Control" shall have the same meaning as it does in the
Company's 1998 Incentive Equity Plan as amended from time to time.

         5) The specific arrangements provided in this Agreement are not
intended to exclude your participation in other benefits available to key
employees generally or to preclude other compensation or benefits as may be
authorized by the Board of Directors from time to time prior to a Change in
Control.

         6) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit
of the respective successors, assigns, legal representatives and heirs to the
parties hereto.

         7) Any payment or delivery required under this Agreement shall be
subject to all requirements of law with regard to withholding, filing and making
of reports, and the Company shall use its best efforts to satisfy promptly all
such requirements.

         8) Termination by the Company of your employment for "Cause" shall mean
termination upon (a) the willful and continued failure by you to substantially
perform your duties with the Company or (b) the willful engaging by you in
conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company,
monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, no act, or failure to
act, on your part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done,
by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or
omission was in the best interest of the Company.

         9) "Good Reason" shall mean, subsequent to a Change in Control and
without your express written consent, (a) the assignment to you of any duties
inconsistent with your positions, duties, responsibilities and status with the
Company immediately prior to a Change in Control, (b) a reduction by the Company
in your base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be
increased from time to time, (c) the Company's requiring you to be based
anywhere other than within fifty (50) miles of your present office location,
except for required travel on the Company's business, or (d) the liquidation,
dissolution, consolidation or merger of the Company or the transfer of all or
substantially all of its assets, unless the successor entity assumes all duties
and obligations of the Company hereunder.

         10) Prior to a Change in Control, this Agreement shall terminate if you
voluntarily resign, retire, become permanently or totally disabled, voluntarily
take another position requiring a substantial portion of your time, or die. This
Agreement shall also terminate if your employment as a key employee of the
Company shall have been terminated at any time for any reason by the management
of the Company as constituted prior to any Change in Control.

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         11) In the event any provision or term of this Agreement is finally
determined by any judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative body to be void or
not enforceable for any reason it is the intent of the Company that all other
terms and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
that this Agreement shall be enforceable as if such void or unenforceable
provision or term had never been a part hereof.

                                      THE LAMSON & SESSIONS CO.

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                                      John B. Schulze, Chairman of the
                                      Board and Chief Executive Officer

ACCEPTED:

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   Name of Associate

Date:
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(e)
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             AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ONE-YEAR CHANGE-IN-CONTROL AGREEMENT

         This Amendment No. 1 to Change-in-Control Agreement (this "AMENDMENT"),
dated as of December 29, 2004, is by and between The Lamson & Sessions Co., an
Ohio corporation (the "COMPANY") and _____________________ (the "KEY EMPLOYEE").

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Key Employee are parties to an
Change-in-Control Agreement, dated as of December __, 2004 (the "AGREEMENT");
and

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Key Employee desire to amend the Agreement
as set forth in this Amendment.

         WHEREAS, capitalized terms not defined in this Amendment have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements contained herein and
such other consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. Amendment.

         (a) Section 4 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

"CHANGE IN CONTROL" shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following
events shall occur:

         (a) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT")) (a "PERSON") of beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of (i) 50% or more
of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the "COMPANY
COMMON STOCK") or (ii) 35% or more of the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors ("VOTING Stock"); provided, however, that for purposes
of this subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change
of Control: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, (2) any acquisition
by the Company, (3) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related
trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company,
or (4) any acquisition by any Person pursuant to a transaction which complies
with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) of this Section 4; or

         (b) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "INCUMBENT BOARD") cease for any reason (other
than death or disability) to constitute at least a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company; provided, however, that any individual becoming a
director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for
election by the Company's shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a
majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (either by a
specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such
person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination)
shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent
Board, but excluding for this purpose, any such individual whose initial
assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election
contest (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 of the Exchange Act) with respect to
the election or removal of

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directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by
or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors of the Company; or

         (c) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale
or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a
"BUSINESS COMBINATION"), in each case, unless, following such Business
Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who
were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Company Common Stock and Voting
Stock immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly
or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of
common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting
securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case
may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including,
without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the
Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or
through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions relative
to each other as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business
Combination, of the Company Common Stock and Voting Stock of the Company, as the
case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any entity resulting from such Business
Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or
maintained by the Company or such entity resulting from such Business
Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of,
respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the entity
resulting from such Business Combination, or 35% or more of the combined voting
power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to
the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and
(iii) at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the
Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the
action of the Board of Directors of the Company, providing for such Business
Combination; or

         (d) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

         It is the intention of the Company and the Key Employee that the
foregoing definition complies with the requirements and definitions set forth in
Q&A11, Q&A12, Q&A13 and Q&A14 of Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-1, and
such definition should be interpreted accordingly.

         2. Effect on the Agreement. Except as expressly provided for herein,
this Amendment shall not be construed as, or constitute, a continuing waiver of
such provision, or a waiver of any other breach of, or failure to comply with,
any other provision of the Agreement, and the Agreement shall continue to be in
full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.

         3. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be effective upon
its execution and delivery by the Key Employee and a duly authorized officer of
the Company.

         4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more
counterparts by the parties hereto, each of which shall be deemed an original,
but all of which together constitute one and the same instrument.

         5. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with and governed by the Laws of the State of Ohio.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed or caused their duly
authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the day and year
first above written.

                                 THE LAMSON & SESSIONS CO.

                                 By:
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                                               John B. Schulze
                                     Chairman of the Board, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer

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Effective Date:  December 29, 2004

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