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 *
DOTI JAMES L
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
First American Financial Corp [FAF] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/21/2011
(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 03/21/2011   A   3,247 A $ 0 29,682.573 D (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)  

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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) (6) $ 20.4 (7)             12/08/2006 12/08/2015 Common Stock 11,645   11,645 D (8)  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
DOTI JAMES L
1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
SANTA ANA, CA 92707		   X      

Signatures

 /s/ Jeffrey S. Robinson, attorney-in-fact for James L. Doti   03/23/2011
**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 1,448 unvested restricted stock units ("RSUs") acquired in a pro rata distribution by The First American Corporation ("FAC") on account of an original grant of 1,707 FAC RSUs, of which 1,215 were unvested at the time of the distribution and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment. The vesting schedule of the FAC RSUs, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 6/20/2009, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(2) Includes 2,049 unvested RSUs acquired in a pro rata distribution by FAC on account of an original grant of 2,489 FAC RSUs, of which 1,724 were unvested at the time of the distribution and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment. The vesting schedule of the FAC RSUs, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 3/4/2010, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(3) Includes 2,739 unvested RSUs acquired in a pro rata distribution by FAC on account of an original grant of 1,731 FAC RSUs, of which 1,741 were unvested at the time of the distribution and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment. The vesting schedule of the FAC RSUs, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 3/3/2011, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(4) Includes 3,247 shares acquired pursuant to a grant of RSUs vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 3/21/12, the first anniversary of the grant.
(5) The number of RSUs acquired in the distribution is equal to the number of unvested FAC RSUs held by the reporting person at the time of the distribution multiplied by $32.84/$14.10, which represents the last FAC trading price divided by the when-issued trading price of the issuer on June 1, 2010.
(6) Option acquired in a pro rata distribution by FAC.
(7) The exercise price is equal to the exercise price of the FAC option held by the reporting person multiplied by $14.10/$32.84, which represents the when-issued trading price of the issuer on June 1, 2010 divided by the last FAC trading price.
(8) The number of options acquired is equal to the number of FAC options held by the reporting person multiplied by $32.84/$14.10, which represents the last FAC trading price divided by the when-issued trading price of the issuer on June 1, 2010.

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