EXHIBIT (10)(d)

                                Amendment No. 1
                                      to
                   The First American Financial Corporation
                          Deferred Compensation Plan


The following amendment is hereby made to The First American Financial
Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (effective as of January 1, 1998)
(hereinafter referred to as the "Plan").  This amendment is effective as of May
12, 2000, and is made for the purpose of reflecting the change in the name of
the sponsor of the Plan (the "Company" as defined therein) from "The First
American Financial Corporation" to "The First American Corporation," which
change became effective on said date.

1.   Plan section 1.1, relating to the name of the Plan, is amended to read in
     its entirety as follows:

          1.1  Title.
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               This Plan shall be known as The First American Corporation
               Deferred Compensation Plan.

2.   All references to the name of the Plan that are made in the introductory
     paragraphs or elsewhere in the Plan document and in any previous amendment
     thereto shall be deemed to refer to the new name of the Plan as set forth
     in this Amendment No. 1.

3.   Except as amended above, the Plan as in effect prior to this amendment
     shall continue unchanged.


In Witness Whereof, The First American Corporation has caused its duly
authorized officers to execute this Plan amendment on July 19, 2000.


                              The First American Corporation


                              By: /s/ Parker S. Kennedy
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                                   Parker S. Kennedy
                              Its: President



                              By: /s/ Mark R Arnesen
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                                   Mark R Arnesen
                              Its: Secretary