Document:

Exhibit (10)(a)

    

    

    

    

    

    

    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    

    

    

    

    We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in
      Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the 1933 Act Registration Statement (Form N-4 No. 333-141754) and Amendment No. 383 to the 1940 Act Registration Statement (Form N-4 No. 811-08441), and to the use therein of our reports dated (a) April 1, 2019,
      with respect to the financial statements of Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York and (b) April 16, 2019, with respect to the financial statements of Lincoln Life & Annuity Variable Annuity Account H for the registration of interests in
      a separate account under individual flexible payment deferred variable annuity contracts.

    

    

    

    

    /s/Ernst & Young, LLP

    

    

    

    

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    December 20, 2019POWER OF ATTORNEY

  

  

  We, the undersigned directors and/or officers of Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York, hereby constitute and appoint Delson R. Campbell, Scott C.
    Durocher, Kimberly A. Genovese, Daniel P. Herr, Donald E. Keller, Michelle Grindle, Jeffrey L. Smith, Jassmin McIver-Jones, Carolyn Augur and John D. Weber, individually, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to each of them to sign
    for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below, any Registration Statements and any and all amendments to Registration Statements; including exhibits, or other documents filed on Forms N-6 or N-4 or any successors or amendments to these
    Forms, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or Securities Act of 1940, on behalf of the Company in its own name or in the name of one of its Separate Accounts, hereby ratifying and confirming our
    signatures as they may be signed by any of our attorneys-in-fact to any amendment to said Registration Statements as follows:

  

  

  

  

  Variable Life Insurance Separate Accounts:

  

  

  	
          Lincoln Life & Annuity Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M (811-08559)

        	
          VUL-I / VULcv

          VULcv-II / VUL Flex ES

          VULcv-III ES

          VULdb / VULdb ES

          VULdb-II ES

          VULone ES / VULone 2005 ES

          Momentum VULone / Momentum VULone 2005

          VULcv-IV ES

          VULdb-IV ES

          AssetEdge VUL

          AssetEdge VUL/AssetEdge Exec VUL 2015

          VULone 2007

          VULone 2010

        
	
          LLANY Separate Account R for Flexible Premium Variable Life (811-08651)

        	
          SVUL / SVUL ES

          SVUL-II ES

          SVUL-III ES

          SVUL-IV ES/PreservationEdge SVUL

          SVULone ES

          Momentum SVULone

          SVULone 2007

        
	
          LLANY Separate Account S for Flexible Premium Variable Life (811-09257)

        	
          CVUL Series III ES

          LCV4 ES

          LCV5 ES / LCC VUL

        
	
          Lincoln Life & Annuity Flexible Premium Variable Life Account Y (811-21029)

        	
          American Legacy VULcv-III

          American Legacy VULdb-II

          American Legacy SVUL-III

          American Legacy VULcv-IV

          American Legacy VULdb-IV

          American Legacy SVUL-IV/PreservationEdge SVUL

          American Legacy AssetEdge

        

  

  

  
    
      

  

  

  

  Variable Annuity Insurance Separate Accounts:

  

  

  	
          Lincoln Life & Annuity Variable Annuity  Account H (811-08441)

        	
          American Legacy III

          American Legacy III B Class

          American Legacy III C Share

          American Legacy III Plus

          American Legacy III View

          American Legacy Design

          American Legacy Signature

          American Legacy Fusion

          American Legacy Series

          American Legacy Advisory

          American Legacy Target Date Income B Share

          American Legacy Target Date Income Advisory

          Shareholder’s Advantage

          Shareholder’s Advantage A Class

        
	
          Lincoln Life & Annuity Variable Annuity Account L (811-07785)

        	
          Group Variable Annuity

        
	
          Lincoln New York Account N for Variable Annuities (811-09763)

        	
          ChoicePlus Assurance (A Share)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (A Class)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (B Share)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (B Class)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (C Share)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (L Share)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (Bonus)

          ChoicePlus

          ChoicePlus II

          ChoicePlus Access

          ChoicePlus II Access

          ChoicePlus II Advance

          ChoicePlus II Bonus

          ChoicePlus Design

          ChoicePlus Signature

          ChoicePlus Fusion

          ChoicePlus Series

          ChoicePlus Prime

          ChoicePlus Advisory

          Lincoln InvestmentSolutions

          Lincoln Investor Advantage

          Lincoln Investor Advantage 2018

          Lincoln Investor Advantage Fee-Based

          Lincoln Investor Advantage Advisory

          Core Income

        

  

  

  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power-of-attorney granted herein shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power-of-attorney
    that each person whose signature appears below has previously executed.  This power-of-attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power-of-attorney each person whose signature appears below may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically
    refers to this power-of-attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers-of-attorney or all prior powers-of-attorney.

  

  

  This Power-of-Attorney may be executed in separate counterparts each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original; but all such counterparts
    shall together constitute one and the same instrument.  Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the undersigned.

  

  

  

  

  Signature Title

  

  

  /s/ Dennis R. Glass

  
    
      	______________________________	
              President and Director

            

    

  

  Dennis R. Glass

  

  

  /s/ Ellen Cooper

  ______________________________ Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer Ellen Cooper and
      Director

  

  

  /s/ Randal J. Freitag

  ______________________________ Executive Vice President; Chief Financial Officer Randal J. Freitag and
      Director

  

  

  ______________________________ Director

  George W. Henderson, III

  

  

  ______________________________ Director

  Mark E. Konen

  

  

  

  

  /s/ M. Leanne Lachman

  ______________________________ Director

  M. Leanne Lachman

  

  

  /s/ Louis G. Marcoccia

  ______________________________ Director

  Louis G. Marcoccia

  

  

  

  

  _______________________________ Director

  Patrick S. Pittard

  

  

  

  

  
    
      

  

  

  

  We, Delson R. Campbell, Scott C. Durocher, Kimberly A. Genovese, Daniel P. Herr, Donald E. Keller, Michelle Grindle, Jeffrey L. Smith,
    Jassmin McIver-Jones, Carolyn Augur and John D. Weber, have read the foregoing Power of Attorney.  We are the person(s) identified therein as agent(s) for the principal named therein.  We acknowledge our legal responsibilities.

  

  

  /s/ Delson R.  Campbell /s/ Scott C. Durocher

  ____________________________________ ________________________________

  Delson R. Campbell Scott C. Durocher

  

  

  /s/ Kimberly A. Genovese /s/ Daniel P. Herr

  ____________________________________ ________________________________

  Kimberly A. Genovese Daniel P. Herr

  

  

  /s/ Donald E. Keller /s/ Michelle Grindle

  ____________________________________ ________________________________

  Donald E. Keller Michelle Grindle

  

  

  /s/ Jeffrey L. Smith /s/ John D. Weber

  ____________________________________ ________________________________

  Jeffrey L. Smith John D. Weber

  

  

  /s/ Jassmin McIver-Jones /s/ Carolyn Augur

  ____________________________________ ________________________________

  Jassmin McIver-Jones Carolyn Augur

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Version:  October 2019Exhibit (10)(a)

    

    

    

    

    

    

    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    

    

    

    

    We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the 1933 Act
      Registration Statement (Form N-4 No. 333-186894) and Amendment No. 739 to the 1940 Act Registration Statement (Form N-4 No. 811-08517), and to the use therein of our reports dated (a) March 13, 2019, with respect to the
      consolidated financial statements of The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and (b) April 16, 2019, with respect to the financial statements of Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N for the registration of interests in a separate account under
      individual flexible payment deferred variable annuity contracts.

    

    

    /s/ Ernst & Young, LLP

    

    

    

    

    

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    December 20, 2019Exhibit 10b

  

  

  POWER OF ATTORNEY

  

  

  We, the undersigned directors and/or officers of The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, hereby constitute and appoint Delson R. Campbell, Scott C. Durocher, Kimberly A. Genovese, Daniel P. Herr, Donald E. Keller, Michelle Grindle,  Jeffrey L. Smith, Jassmin McIver-Jones, Carolyn Augur and John D. Weber,  individually, our true and lawful
    attorneys-in-fact, with full power to each of them to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below, any Registration Statements and any and all amendments to Registration Statements; including exhibits, or other documents filed on
    Forms N-6, N-4 or S-3 or any successors or amendments to these Forms, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or Securities Act of 1940, on behalf of the Company in its own name or in the name of one of
    its Separate Accounts, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by any of our attorneys-in-fact to any such amendments to said Registration Statements as follows:

  

  

  Variable Life Insurance Separate Accounts:

      

  

  
    
      

  

  	
          Account

        	
          Product name

        
	
          Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account D (811-04592)

        	
          Variable Universal Life Leadership Series

        
	
          Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account F (811-05164)

        	
          American Legacy Life

          American Legacy Estate Builder

        
	
          Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account G (811-05585)

        	
          VUL-III

        
	
          Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account J (811-08410)

        	
          American Legacy Variable Life

        
	
          Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account K (811-08412)

        	
          Multi Fund Variable Life

        
	
          Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M (811-08557)

        	
          VULdb / VULdb ES

          VULdb-II ES

          VUL-I / VULcv

          VULcv-II / VULcvII ES / VUL Flex

          VULcv-III ES

          MoneyGuard VUL

          VULone ES / VULone 2005 ES

          Momentum VULone / Momentum VULone 2005

          VULcv-IV ES

          VULdb-IV ES

          Momentum VULone 2007

          VULone 2007

          AssetEdge VUL

          AssetEdge VUL2015/AssetEdge Exec VUL 2015

          VULone2012

          VULone2014

          InReach VULone2014

          VULone2019

          AssetEdge VUL2019/AssetEdge Exec VUL 2019

          AssetEdge VUL2019-2/AssetEdge Exec VUL 2019-2

        
	
          Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account R (811-08579)

        	
          SVUL / SVUL-I

          SVUL-II / SVUL-II ES

          SVUL-III ES

          SVUL-IV ES / PreservationEdge SVUL

          SVULone ES

          Momentum SVULone

          SVULone 2007 ES

          Momentum SVULone 2007

          SVULone2013

          SVULone2016

          SVULone2019

        
	
          Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account S (811-09241)

        	
          CVUL / CVUL Series III / CVUL Series III ES

          LCV4 ES

          LCV5 ES / LCC VUL

          Lincoln Corporate Executive VUL

        
	
          Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account Y (811-21028)

        	
          American Legacy VULcv-III

          American Legacy VULdb-II

          American Legacy SVUL-II

          American Legacy SVUL-III

          American Legacy VULcv-IV

          American Legacy VULdb-IV

          American Legacy SVUL-IV/PreservationEdge SVUL

          American Legacy AssetEdge

        

  

  

  

  

  Variable Annuity Separate Accounts:

  

  

  	
          Account

        	
          Product name

        
	
          Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account C (811-03214)

        	
          Multi-Fund

          Multi-Fund Select

          Multi-Fund 5 Retirement Annuity

        
	
          Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account E (811-04882)

        	
          The American Legacy

        
	
          Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account H (811-05721)

        	
          American Legacy II

          American Legacy III

          American Legacy III B Class

          American Legacy III C Share

          American Legacy III Plus

          American Legacy III View

          American Legacy Design

          American Legacy Signature

          American Legacy Fusion

          American Legacy Series

          American Legacy Advisory

          American Legacy Target Date Income B Share

          American Legacy Target Date Income Advisory

          Shareholder’s Advantage

          Shareholder’s Advantage A Class

          Shareholder’s Advantage purchased on and after May 21, 2018

        
	
          Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account L (811-07645)

        	
          Group Variable Annuity

          Secured Retirement Income Version 1

          Secured Retirement Income Version 2

          Secured Retirement Income Version 3

          Secured Retirement Income Version 4

          Retirement Income Rollover Version 1

          Retirement Income Rollover Version 2

          Retirement Income Rollover Version 3

          Retirement Income Rollover Version 4

        
	
          Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N (811-08517)

        	
          ChoicePlus Assurance (A Share)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (A Class)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (B Share)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (B Class)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (C Share)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (L Share)

          ChoicePlus Assurance (Bonus)

          Choice Plus

          Choice Plus II

          ChoicePlus Access

          ChoicePlus II Access

          ChoicePlus Bonus

          ChoicePlus II Bonus

        
	
          Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N (811-08517) Continued

        	
          ChoicePlus II Advance

          ChoicePlus Design

          ChoicePlus Signature

          ChoicePlus Rollover

          ChoicePlus Fusion

          ChoicePlus Series

          ChoicePlus Prime

          ChoicePlus Advisory

          InvestmentSolutions

          InvestmentSolutions RIA

          Lincoln Investor Advantage

          Lincoln Invester Advantage 2018

          Lincoln Investor Advantage Fee-Based

          Lincoln Investor Advantage RIA

          Lincoln Investor Advantage Advisory

          Lincoln Investor Advantage RIA Class

          Lincoln Level Advantage B Share Indexed Variable Annuity

          Lincoln Level Advantage Advisory Indexed Variable Annuity

          Lincoln Level Advantage B Class Indexed Variable Annuity

          Lincoln Level Advantage Advisory Class Indexed Variable Annuity

          Lincoln Level Advantage Fee-Based Indexed Variable Annuity

          Lincoln Level Advantage Select B-Share Indexed Variable Annuity

          Core Income

        
	
          Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account Q (811-08569)

        	
          Multi-Fund Group

        
	
          Lincoln Life S-3 Filing

        	
          Lincoln Level Advantage B Share Indexed Variable Annuity

          Lincoln Level Advantage Advisory Indexed Variable Annuity

          Lincoln Level Advantage B Class Indexed Variable Annuity

          Lincoln Level Advantage Advisory Class Indexed Variable Annuity

          Lincoln Level Advantage Fee-Based Indexed Variable Annuity

          Lincoln Level Advantage Select B Share Indexed Variable Annuity

        

  

  

  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the power-of-attorney granted herein shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power-of-attorney that
    each person whose signature appears below has previously executed.  This power-of-attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power-of-attorney each person whose signature appears below may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically refers
    to this power-of-attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers-of-attorney or all prior powers-of-attorney.

  

  

  This Power-of-Attorney may be executed in separate counterparts each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original; but all such counterparts shall
    together constitute one and the same instrument.  Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the undersigned.

  

  

  Signature                                                                                    Title

  

  

  

  

  /s/Dennis R. Glass

  
    
      	______________________________	
              President, Chairman and Director

            

    

  

  Dennis R. Glass

  

  

  

  

  /s/Ellen Cooper

  
    
      	______________________________	
              Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer

            

    

  

  Ellen Cooper                                                                                    and Director

  
    
      

  

  

  

  /s/Randal J. Freitag

  
    
      	______________________________	
              Executive Vice President; Chief Financial Officer and Director

            

    

  

  Randal J. Freitag

  

  

  

  

  /s/Leon E. Roday

  
    
      	______________________________	
              Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director

            

    

  

  Leon E. Roday

  

  

  

  

  /s/Wilford H. Fuller

  
    
      	______________________________	
              Executive Vice President and Director

            

    

  

  Wilford H. Fuller

  

  

  

  

  /s/Keith J. Ryan

  ______________________________                                         
    Vice President and Director

  Keith J. Ryan

  

  

  

  

  

  

  We, Delson R. Campbell, Scott C. Durocher, Kimberly A. Genovese, Daniel P. Herr, Donald E. Keller, Michelle Grindle, Jeffrey L. Smith, Jassmin McIver-Jones,
    Carolyn Augur and John D. Weber, have read the foregoing Power of Attorney. We are the person(s) identified therein as agent(s) for the principal named therein.  We acknowledge our legal responsibilities.

  

  

  /s/Delson R. Campbell                                                                                                                              /s/Scott C. Durocher

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  Delson R. Campbell                                                                                                                              Scott C. Durocher

  

  

  /s/Kimberly A. Genovese                                                                                                                /s/Daniel P. Herr

  ____________________________________                             _____________________________________

  Kimberly A. Genovese                                                                                                                              Daniel P. Herr

  

  

  /s/Donal E. Keller                                                                                                                /s/Michelle Grindle

  ____________________________________                                 _____________________________________

  Donald E. Keller                                                                                                                Michelle Grindle

  

  

  /s/Jeffrey L. Smith                                                                                                                /s/John D. Weber

  _____________________________________                              _____________________________________

  Jeffrey L. Smith                                                                                                                              John D. Weber

  

  

  /s/Jassmin McIver-Jones                                                                                                                /s/Carolyn Augur

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  Jassmin McIver-Jones                                                                                                                              Carolyn Augur

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Version dated: October 2019

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