Exhibit 23(a)

           Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 14, 2008 relating to the
financial statements, which appears in Prudential Annuities Life Assurance
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York
January 23, 2009