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 *
Wajner Matthew F.
  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)
Chief Accounting Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/29/2016
(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 02/29/2016   F(1)   334 D $ 37.03 15,600 D (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
Wajner Matthew F.
1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
SANTA ANA, CA 92707
      Chief Accounting Officer  

Signatures

 Greg L. Smith, attorney-in-fact for Matthew F. Wajner   03/02/2016
**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 177 unvested Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") acquired pursuant to an original grant of 589 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, which vest in four equal annual increments commencing 3/20/13, the first anniversary of the grant.
(3) Includes 846 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 3,085 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, which vest in four equal annual increments commencing 12/20/13, the first anniversary of the grant.
(4) Includes 425 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 783 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, which vest in four equal annual increments commencing 3/20/14, the first anniversary of the grant.
(5) Includes 1,807 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 3,396 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, which vest in four equal annual increments commencing 2/27/15, the first anniversary of the grant.
(6) Includes 2,866 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 3,714 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 2/25/16, the first anniversary of the grant.
(7) Includes 5,407 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to a grant vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 2/23/17, the first anniversary of the grant.

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