Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces Appointment of Paul Perez as Chief Compliance Officer

March 13, 2007 at 12:00 AM EDT
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces Appointment of Paul Perez as Chief Compliance Officer

Jacksonville, Fla. -- (March 13, 2007) -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), a leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance and claims management services, today announced the appointment of Paul Perez, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, as Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity National Title Group (FNT).

"We're very pleased that a lawyer so highly placed and praised by the Department of Justice as Paul Perez is joining our company," said FNF General Counsel Peter Sadowski. "We take compliance to codes of conduct and federal and state regulations very seriously and we're confident that Paul will continue to uphold our high standards of ethics and regulatory compliance."

Mr. Perez was appointed by President Bush in January 2002, to be the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, covering 35 counties and home to 8.3 million Floridians. As the chief of the office, he supervises more than 100 assistant U.S. Attorneys in the prosecution of criminal cases brought by the United States, prosecutes and defends cases to which the United States is a party, and collects debts owed to the government. In addition, out of 93 U.S. Attorneys across the nation, Perez is one of 18 serving on the Attorney General's Advisory Committee. This committee advises and counsels Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in areas such as terrorism prevention, immigration enforcement and civil rights.

As a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's office from 1989 to 1992, Perez successfully pursued significant international forfeitures and money-laundering cases. He returned to the U.S. Attorney's office in 2002 after a 10-year civil and criminal trial career with the firm of Booth, Arnold and Perez.

Mr. Perez, born in Havana in 1955, immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1960. He received a degree in history and international affairs from Jacksonville University, a Master's Degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Florida and his law degree (with honors) from The George Washington University.

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), is a leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance and claims management services. FNF is one of the nation's largest title insurance companies through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Ticor Title, Security Union Title and Alamo Title - that issue approximately 29 percent of all title insurance policies in the United States. FNF also provides flood insurance, personal lines insurance and home warranty insurance through its specialty insurance business. FNF also is a leading provider of outsourced claims management services to large corporate and public sector entities through its minority-owned subsidiary, Sedgwick CMS. More information about FNF can be found at www.fnf.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Because such statements are based on expectations as to future economic performance and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those projected. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; adverse changes in the level of real estate activity, which may be caused by, among other things, high or increasing interest rates, a limited supply of mortgage funding or a weak U. S. economy; our potential inability to find suitable acquisition candidates, acquisitions in lines of business that will not necessarily be limited to our traditional areas of focus, or difficulties in integrating acquisitions; our dependence on operating subsidiaries as a source of cash flow; significant competition that our operating subsidiaries face; compliance with extensive government regulation of our operating subsidiaries; and other risks detailed in the "Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information," "Risk Factors" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE: Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
CONTACT: Daniel Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations, 904-854-8120, dkmurphy@fnf.com
Peter Sadowski, General Counsel, Fidelity National Financial, 904-854-8152, psadowski@fnf.com