EX-99.(A) 4 dex99a.htm CERTIFICATION FOR CHIEF EXECTUTIVE OFFICER Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Certification for Chief Exectutive Officer
Exhibit (99)(a)
 
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002
 
In connection with the Form 10-Q of The First American Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ended June 30, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Parker S. Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
1)
 
        the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
 
        Act
 
of 1934, as amended; and
 
2)
 
        the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
 
        and
 
results of operations of the Company.
 
/s/    PARKER S. KENNEDY        
Parker S. Kennedy
Chief Executive Officer
August 14, 2002