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 *
DEGIORGIO KENNETH D
  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)
Executive Vice President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/20/2015
(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 08/20/2015   G V 950 D $ 0 398,811 D (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)  
Common Stock               128.078 I By 401(k) Plan Trust (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
DEGIORGIO KENNETH D
1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
SANTA ANA, CA 92707
      Executive Vice President  

Signatures

 /s/ Greg L. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact for Kenneth D. DeGiorgio   08/21/2015
**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 37,193 unvested Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") acquired pursuant to an original grant of 99,290 performance based 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 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement filed as Exhibit 10(i) to the issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2010.
(2) Includes 12,887 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 47,434 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.
(3) Includes 29,912 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 56,165 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 3/4/14, the first anniversary of the grant.
(4) Includes 29,287 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 37,404 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 2/27/15, the first anniversary of the grant.
(5) Includes 36,958 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 36,440 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 2/25/16, the first anniversary of the grant.
(6) The reporting person's receipt of certain shares underlying vested RSUs associated with various grants and related shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment have been deferred.
(7) 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).

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