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                                                                    Exhibit 23.4

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Leucadia National
Corporation and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated
March 11, 2005, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of the
FINOVA Group Inc. as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and for each of the three
years in the period then ended, included in Leucadia National Corporation's Form
10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
June 14, 2005
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