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EXECUTION COPY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TCW Convertible Securities Fund, Inc.
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Michael E. Cahill, Linda D. Barker, Toni A. Forge,
Harold H. Henderson, Philip K. Holl, Jerry S. Plater
and Lazarus N. Sun, and each of them, his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them
with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
reports and forms required under Section 16 of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
including but not limited to all Form 3, Form 4 and
Form 5 filings, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and
the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect
to such reports and forms or any amendments or
supplements thereto in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that any of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be terminated at any
time by the undersigned by written notice to each of
the attorneys-in-fact and the Commission; provided,
however, that such termination shall not affect the
validity of any lawful action done or performed by the
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, pursuant thereto,
prior to the actual receipt of notice by the
attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed
this Power of Attorney this ____ day of August, 2002.

________________________
_______
Patrick C. Haden

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