Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
VALDES MAX O
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
First American Financial Corp [FAF] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/29/2012
(Street)

SANTA ANA, CA 92707		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 02/29/2012   A   21,458 A $ 0 103,892 D (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 20.4             12/08/2006(8) 12/08/2015 Common Stock 46,581   46,581 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
VALDES MAX O
1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
SANTA ANA, CA 92707		       EVP & Chief Financial Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Greg L. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact for Max O. Valdes   03/02/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 4,067 unvested restricted stock units ("RSUs") acquired in a pro rata distribution by The First American Corporation ("FAC") on account of an original grant of 7,657 FAC RSUs, of which 3,360 were unvested at the time of the distribution and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment. The vesting schedule of the FAC RSUs, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 03/05/08, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(2) Includes 8,329 unvested RSUs acquired in a pro rata distribution by FAC on account of an original grant of 8,030 FAC RSUs, of which 5,184 were unvested at the time of the distribution and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment. The vesting schedule of the FAC RSUs, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 03/04/09, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(3) Includes 15,619 unvested RSUs acquired in a pro rata distribution by FAC on account of an original grant of 9,372 FAC RSUs on 03/04/09 and a grant of 1,084 FAC RSUs on 06/22/09, of which 8,672 were unvested at the time of the distribution and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment. The vesting schedule of each of the FAC RSUs, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 03/04/10, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(4) Includes 23,262 unvested RSUs acquired in a pro rata distribution by FAC on account of an original grant of 12,051 FAC RSUs, of which 12,123 were unvested at the time of the distribution and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment. The vesting schedule of the FAC RSUs, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 03/03/11, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(5) Includes 20,373 shares acquired pursuant to an original grant of 20,032 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal increments commencing 3/3/12, the first anniversary of the grant.
(6) Includes 10,784 shares acquired pursuant to an original grant of 10,606 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal increments commencing 3/31/12, the first anniversary of the grant.
(7) Includes 21,458 shares acquired pursuant to a grant of RSUs, vesting in four equal increments commencing 2/28/13, the first anniversary of the grant.
(8) The vesting schedule of the FAC option, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 12/08/06, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer options.

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