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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SKILLING DAVID VAN   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LAMSON & SESSIONS CO [LMS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) THE LAMSON & SESSIONS CO., 25701 SCIENCE PARK DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/17/2006 (Street) CLEVELAND, OH 44122 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price COMMON STOCK               2,147 D (1)   COMMON STOCK               8,303 I See Footnote (2) COMMON STOCK 03/17/2006   M   1,000 A $ 10.313 38,628 D   COMMON STOCK 03/17/2006   M   1,000 A $ 7.563 39,628 D   COMMON STOCK 03/17/2006   M   1,000 A $ 7.469 40,628 D   COMMON STOCK 03/17/2006   M   2,000 A $ 5.625 42,628 D (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy Common Stock)

$ 10.313

03/17/2006

M

1,000

04/29/1997(4)

04/29/2006

COMMON STOCK

1,000

$ 0

0

D

Stock Option (Right to Buy Common Stock)

$ 7.563

03/17/2006

M

1,000

04/28/1998(5)

04/27/2007

COMMON STOCK

1,000

$ 0

0

D

Stock Option (Right to Buy Common Stock)

$ 7.469

03/17/2006

M

1,000

04/27/1999(6)

04/26/2008

COMMON STOCK

1,000

$ 0

0

D

Stock Option (Right to Buy Common Stock)

$ 5.625

03/17/2006

M

2,000

04/26/2000(7)

04/25/2009

COMMON STOCK

2,000

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SKILLING DAVID VAN THE LAMSON & SESSIONS CO. 25701 SCIENCE PARK DRIVE CLEVELAND, OH 44122	X

Signatures

/s/ Aileen Liebertz, Attorney-in-Fact for D. Van Skilling		03/21/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Restricted shares, exempt under Rule 16b-3(1), held by issuer until 3-year vesting period.
(2)	New account as of May 2004. Shares held in Trust pursuant to Directors Deferred Compensation Plan - a 16b-3 Plan. Transaction(s) completed by Trustee as of February 22, 2006.
(3)	37,628 shares were previously held in Deferred Compensation Trust Account.
(4)	Stock Option, pursuant to the Company's Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, a Rule 16b-3 plan, to the reporting person of an option to purchase 1,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, one-hundred percent exercisable on and after April 29, 1997.
(5)	Stock Option, pursuant to the Company's Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, a Rule 16b-3 plan, to the reporting person of an option to purchase 1,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, one-hundred percent exercisable on and after April 28, 1998.
(6)	Stock Option, pursuant to the Company's Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, a Rule 16b-3 plan, to the reporting person of an option to purchase 1,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, one-hundred percent exercisable on and after April 27, 1999.
(7)	Stock Option, pursuant to the Company's Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, a Rule 16b-3 plan, to the reporting person of an option to purchase 2,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, one-hundred percent exercisable on and after April 26, 2000.

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