<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-23-012419.txt : 20230404
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-23-012419
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230404
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230404

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DEGIORGIO KENNETH D
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001235820

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34580
		FILM NUMBER:		23800152

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			First American Financial Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001472787
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TITLE INSURANCE [6361]
		IRS NUMBER:				261911571
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
		CITY:			SANTA ANA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92707
		BUSINESS PHONE:		714-250-3000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
		CITY:			SANTA ANA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92707
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2023-03-31</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001472787</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>First American Financial Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FAF</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001235820</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>DEGIORGIO KENNETH D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SANTA ANA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92707</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2023-03-31</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>7596</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>55.66</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>311762</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>128.078</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(k) Plan Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Payment of tax liability by withholding securities incident to the distribution of vested restricted stock units, which distribution was previously deferred.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 12,711 unvested Restricted Stock Units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) acquired pursuant to an original grant of 45,440 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 2/20/2021, the first anniversary of the grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 26,243 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 48,651 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 2/18/2022, the first anniversary of the grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes 17,670 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 22,488 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 2/22/2023, the first anniversary of the grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Includes 16,159 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 23,131 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 2/22/2023, the first anniversary of the grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Includes 45,649 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 45,215 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 2/16/2024, the first anniversary of the grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">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).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Stacy S. Rust, attorney-in-fact for Kenneth D. DeGiorgio</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-04-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
								Exhibit 24

Power of Attorney

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints each of Lisa W. Cornehl, Craig K. Terrell and Stacy S.
Rust, or any of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution
and re-substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact
(each of such persons and their substitutes being referred to herein as the
"Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power to act for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:

1.	Prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange
	Commission ("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and
	any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
	passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with
	the SEC of reports required or considered by the Attorney-in-Fact
	to be advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities
	Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation
	of the SEC;

2.	Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, First American Financial
	Corporation (the "Company"), and/or any national securities
	exchange on which the Company's securities are listed any and all
	reports (including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is
	required to file with the SEC, or which the Attorney-in-Fact
	considers it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13
	or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation
	thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933
	("Rule 144"), with respect to the any security of the Company,
	including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and
	Forms 144; and

3.	Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
	behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's equity
	securities from any third party, including the Company and any
	brokers, dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees,
	and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release
	any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact; and

4.	Use electronic signatures for purposes of, and in compliance with,
	Rule 302 of Regulation S-T in connection with any electronic submission
	of a document with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
	(the "Commission"), the use of such electronic signature shall
	constitute the legal equivalent of the Attorney-in-Fact?s manual
	signature for purposes of authenticating the undersigned?s electronic
	signature to any filing with the Commission for which it is provided.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

a)	This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the
	Attorney-in-Fact to act in his or her discretion on information
	provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of
	such information;

b)	Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf
	of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such
	form and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in
	his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

c)	Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability
	for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements
	of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144, any
	liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
	requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement
	of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

d)	This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
	responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations
	under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including,
	without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 13 or
	Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or
advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority
of this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedules 13D or
13G or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney
revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of
this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the date below.


		/s/ Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
		Signature

		Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
		Print Name

		March 17, 2023
		Date
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