EX-24 2 faf-ex24.htm EX-24 EX-24

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/ Jeffrey J. Dailey

Signature

 

Jeffrey J. Dailey

Print Name

November 4, 2025

Date