EXHIBIT 24
Janet A. Alpert
Date of Event 5/17/06
LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (LFG)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


	The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Michelle H.
Gluck, Esq., William Chadwick Perrine, Esq., Holly H. Wenger, Esq.,
Anna M. King, Esq. my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone, with full powers of substitution, for me and in
my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all Forms 3, 4 or 5 in connection with my beneficial ownership
of securities of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company")
that may be required of me pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and to file the same and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting
alone, 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 to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

	I declare that any act or thing lawfully done hereunder by my said
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall be binding on myself and my heirs, legal
and personal representatives, and assigns, whether the same shall have been
done before or after my death, or other revocation of this instrument,
unless and until reliable notice thereof shall have been received by any
party who, upon the faith of this instrument, accepts my said attorneys-
in-fact and agents as authorized to represent me.

	This power of attorney and the authority of my attorneys-in-fact
and agents hereunder shall not terminate on my disability but shall remain
in full force and effect for so long as I am an officer or director of the
Company and for such time thereafter as may be necessary to file any such
reports.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
17th day of January 2006.


						s/Janet A. Alpert
						Janet A. Alpert