EX-23.1 2 a03175exv23w1.htm EXHIBIT 23.1 exv23w1
 

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (No. 33-11321, 333-103067, 33-32853, 33-15027, 33-34300, 33-45709, 33-45272, 33-15008,33-56514, 33-64834, 33-64836, 33-83026, 33-61983, 333-32806, 333-48411, 333-61111, 333-64229, 333-52744, 333-89163, 333-83054, 333-68690, 333-111438, 333-113217) of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. of our reports dated February 27, 2004, except as to Note B to the Consolidated Financial Statements, which is as of March 11, 2004, and except as to Note O to the Consolidated Financial Statements, which is as of November 19, 2004, relating to the Consolidated Balance Sheets of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the related Consolidated Statements of Earnings, Comprehensive Earnings, Stockholders’ Equity and Cash Flows and related schedules for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003, which reports appear in the current report on Form 8-K of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. filed herein.

Our reports refer to a change, effective January 1, 2002, in the method of accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets after they have initially been recognized in the financial statements. Our reports refer to a change, effective January 1, 2003, in the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation.

     
 
  /s/ KPMG LLP

Jacksonville, Florida
November 19, 2004