X0202 4 2008-03-31 0 0000828678 FIRSTCITY FINANCIAL CORP FCFC 0001237802 SARTAIN JAMES T 6400 IMPERIAL DRIVE WACO TX 76712 1 1 0 0 President and CEO Common Stock 2008-03-31 4 P 0 8900 5.9161 A 502934 D Common Stock 2008-04-01 4 P 0 1100 6.10 A 504034 D Richard J. Vander Woude, Attorney-in-Fact for James T. Sartain 2008-04-02