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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Seaton Mark Edward   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) Senior Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/05/2012 (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 03/05/2012   F   291 D $ 15.94 12,916 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Seaton Mark Edward 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY SANTA ANA, CA 92707			Senior Vice President

Signatures

/s/ Greg L. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact for Mark E. Seaton		03/07/2012
**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)	Payment of tax liability by withholding securities incident to the vesting of restricted stock units.
(2)	Includes 93 unvested restricted stock units ("RSUs") acquired in a pro rata distribution by The First American Corporation ("FAC") on account of an original grant of 197 FAC RSUs, of which 79 were unvested at the time of the distribution. The vesting schedule of the FAC RSUs, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 03/30/08, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(3)	Includes 689 RSUs acquired in a pro rata distribution by FAC on account of an original grant of 719 FAC RSUs, of which 436 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 03/20/09, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(4)	Includes 537 RSUs acquired in a pro rata distribution by FAC on account of an original grant of 381 FAC RSUs, of which 305 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 03/20/10, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(5)	Includes 540 RSUs acquired in a pro rata distribution by FAC on account of an original grant of 287 FAC RSUs, all of which 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 03/22/11, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(6)	Includes 2,390 shares acquired pursuant to an original grant of 3,130 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal increments commencing 3/3/12, the first anniversary of the grant.
(7)	Includes 6,477 shares acquired pursuant to a grant of RSUs, vesting in four equal increments commencing 2/28/13, the first anniversary of the grant.

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