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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
GILMORE DENNIS J
   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
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/03/2014
(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 03/03/2014   F   41,091 (1) D $ 26.14 844,597 D  
Common Stock 03/04/2014   F   25,775 (1) D $ 26.57 818,822 D (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)  
Common Stock               2,244.943 I By 401(k) Plan Trust (9)

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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) $ 15.7             02/28/2006(10) 02/28/2015 Common Stock 139,744   139,744 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 20.4             12/08/2006(11) 12/08/2015 Common Stock 139,744   139,744 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
GILMORE DENNIS J
1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
SANTA ANA, CA 92707		   X     Chief Executive Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Greg L. Smith, attorney-in-fact for Dennis J. Gilmore   03/05/2014
**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 28,892 unvested Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") acquired in a pro rata distribution by The First American Corporation ("FAC") on account of an original grant of 57,551 FAC RSUs, of which 57,897 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 3/3/11, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.
(3) Includes 151,683 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to a grant of performance based RSUs on account of an original grant of 212,765 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, which vest in three equal annual increments commencing on 6/3/13, the first business day following the third anniversary of the grant, pursuant to the Form of RSU Award Agreement filed as Exhibit 10(i) to the issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2010.
(4) Includes 24,697 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 93,498 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 3/3/12, the first anniversary of the grant.
(5) Includes 28,202 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 53,282 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 3/31/12, the first anniversary of the grant.
(6) Includes 55,534 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 106,959 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 3/1/13, the first anniversary of the grant made on 2/29/12.
(7) Includes 91,135 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 119,126 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 3/4/14, the first anniversary of the grant.
(8) Includes 78,380 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to a grant vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 2/27/15, the first anniversary of the grant.
(9) Amount shown consists of shares contributed by issuer as company match, shares purchased for the reporting person's account and shares acquired through automatic reinvestment of dividends paid as reported in most recent account statement in transactions exempt under rules 16a-3(f)(1)(i)(B) and 16b-3(c).
(10) The vesting schedule of the original FAC option, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 2/28/06, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer options.
(11) The vesting schedule of the original FAC option, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 12/8/06, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer options.

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