Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A. ATTORNEYS AT LAW 1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW | Suite 400 East Washington, DC 20007-5208 202.965.8100 | fax 202.965.8104 www.CFJBLaw.com Atlanta Hartford Miami New York Orlando St. Petersburg Tallahassee Tampa Washington, DC West Palm Beach

Exhibit 10(a)

April 10, 2015

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York

50 Main Street

9^th Floor

White Plains, New York 10606

Re: Variable Annuity-1 Series Account

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on N-4

File Nos. 333-194100 and 811-08183

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York, a New York corporation, regarding the federal securities laws applicable to the issuance and sale of the contracts described in the above-referenced registration statement. We hereby consent to the reference to our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus filed as part of the above-referenced registration statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A.

Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A.

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