Know all by these presents, that the undersigned (the "Reporting Person") hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Thomas A. Klemens, Jeffrey S. Robinson,
Kathleen M. Collins, Melissa Stanisai and Mark R Arnesen as the Reporting
Person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting
Person's capacity as an officer and /or director of The First American
Corporation, a California corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
thereunder;

     (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting
Person which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such
form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

     (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the Reporting Person pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
                                                           Power of Attorney
The Reporting Person hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Reporting Person
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the Reporting Person, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the Reporting Person's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the Reporting
Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
Reporting Person's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting Person has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 28th day of February, 2005.


                                        _____/s/ Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
                                        Signature

                                        _____Kenneth D. DeGiorgio___

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