Press Releases

First Foundation Inc. and Desert Commercial Bank Announce Shareholder Approval of Planned MergerFebruary 9, 2012 | First Foundation Inc.

First Foundation Inc. Expands Advisory TeamJanuary 13, 2012 | First Foundation Advisors

First Foundation's 21st Economic & Market UpdateSouthern California’s Investment And Banking Institution Provides Broad Synopsis of Market Trends and General Forecast for 2012December 14, 2011 | First Foundation Inc.

Melissa Hall joins First Foundation Bank's San Diego Office October 13, 2011 | First Foundation Inc.

Grant Withers joins First Foundation Advisors as a Managing DirectorOctober 11, 2011 | First Foundation Inc.

First Foundation Expands into University Town CenterFinancial Services Firm Announces opening of San Diego OfficeOctober 7, 2011 | First Foundation Inc.

Banking Industry Veteran Stuart Bailey Joins First Foundation BankSeptember 29, 2011 | First Foundation Bank

Carl Vonderau Joins First Foundation BankSeptember 20, 2011 | First Foundation Inc.

First Foundation Bank Announces Agreement to Acquire Desert Commercial BankJune 29, 2011 | First Foundation Inc.

First Foundation Bank Opens First Foundation Insurance ServicesJune 28, 2011 | First Foundation Bank

Thomas R. Clark, CLU, ChFC joins First Foundation BankJune 28, 2011 | First Foundation Bank

First Foundation Announces Signing Two Additional Leases to Continue Southern California ExpansionJune 27, 2011 | First Foundation Inc.

Roger Stinnett CPA/PFS, CFP^®, CIMA^® joins First Foundation Advisors as Managing Director of Financial PlanningApril 27, 2011 | First Foundation Inc.

Valerie Van Winkle Joins First Foundation Bank's La Quinta OfficeApril 12, 2011 | First Foundation Bank

Janice Carmen Joins First Foundation Advisors as a Managing DirectorApril 5, 2011 | First Foundation Advisors

Joseph T. Gubbrud Joins First Foundation Bank's Pasadena OfficeApril 5, 2011 | First Foundation Bank

K. Christopher Johnson Joins First Foundation Advisors as Director of Client ServicesDecember 21, 2010 | First Foundation Inc.

Louis P. Abel Named Chief Investment Officer for First Foundation AdvisorsDecember 21, 2010 | First Foundation Inc.

First Foundation Bank Opens a La Quinta OfficeDecember 14, 2010 | First Foundation Inc.

Susan King Riechel Joins First Foundation Advisors as Managing Director of Fixed-Income InvestmentsSeptember 27, 2010 | First Foundation Advisors

Investment and Banking Veteran Thomas W. Hulick Joins First Foundation's Pasadena OfficeAugust 14, 2010 | First Foundation Inc.

First Foundation Expands into Los Angeles with High-Power Banking and Wealth Management TeamFinancial Services Firm Announces Opening of its Pasadena OfficeJuly 21, 2010 | First Foundation Inc.

Banking Industry Veteran Normand Leduc Joins First Foundation Bank’s Pasadena OfficeJune 6, 2010 | First Foundation Bank

Banking Industry Veteran Alison Syner Joins First Foundation Bank Team Of Private BankersMarch 15, 2010 | First Foundation Bank

Louis P. Abel, CFA, CAIA, Joins First Foundation Advisors as a Managing DirectorMarch 8, 2010 | First Foundation Advisors

First Foundation Bank Announces Ultra Access Home Loans - Bay Equity Selected Preferred Provider For Competitive Financing NeedsMarch 4, 2010 | First Foundation Bank

First Foundation Bank Offering Turbo Tax Online Tax Preparaton January 22, 2010 | First Foundation Bank

Roger B. Palley Joins First Foundation as Managing Director of Equity InvestmentsDecember 3, 2009 | First Foundation Advisors

First Foundation Advisors’ Senior Managing Director Receives “Thought Leader” Award by Top Private Wealth OrganizationOctober 21, 2009 | First Foundation Advisors

The Keller Group is Now First Foundation Advisors20-Year-Old Wealth Management Firm in Orange County Changes Name to Reflect Expanded Platform of Financial ServicesOctober 1, 2009 | First Foundation Advisors

First Foundation Bank Announces New "Liquid CD"Higher Earnings than Money Market Funds with the Ability for Early WithdrawalAugust 26, 2009 | First Foundation Bank

Wealth Manager Magazine Names Orange County's Leading Investment Management Firm "Top Wealth Managers" in the CountryJuly 16, 2009 | First Foundation

Deposits are now insured up to $250,000 through December 31, 2013May 28, 2009 | First Foundation Bank

Executive Vice President And Chief Portfolio Manager John Hakopian Promoted To President Of The Keller Group Investment Management, Inc.Former President Rick Keller Remains CEO of The Keller Group & Chairman of the Board of First Foundation, Inc.May 20, 2009 | First Foundation

Four Wealth Management Experts from First Foundation Inc. Receive Prestigious Orange County Client Satisfaction Award February 26, 2009 | First Foundation Inc.

Keller Financial Group Of Orange County Is Now First Foundation Inc.Name Change Reflects Financial Firm's Delivery Of Seamless Financial Services.February 9, 2009 | First Foundation Inc.

IFF Advisors, Inc. and Keller Wealth Advantage, LLC Combine to Form First Foundation AdvisorsJanuary 23, 2009 | First Foundation Advisors

FDIC Deposit Insurance Increased to $250,000 Per Depositor October 6, 2008 | First Foundation Bank

First Foundation Bank Celebrates its One-Year AnniversaryRecent events in the financial and credit markets have been unsettling.. We remain unaffected by the recent turbulence in the larger capital markets.October 1, 2008 | First Foundation Bank