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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001086763-12-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111231
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120215
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120215
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120215
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001086763
IRS NUMBER: 330221828
STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 13F-HR
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-05785
FILM NUMBER: 12615975
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 18101 VON KARMAN AVENUE
STREET 2: STE 700
CITY: IRVINE
STATE: CA
ZIP: 92612
BUSINESS PHONE: 9494760300
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 18101 VON KARMAN AVENUE
STREET 2: STE 700
CITY: IRVINE
STATE: CA
ZIP: 92612
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KELLER GROUP INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC /CA/
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010509
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KELLER COLLINS HAKOPIAN & LEISURE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC/CA
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990519
13F-HR
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13F-HR FOR 12-31-2011
13F-HR
Form 13F Holdings Report
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year of Quarter Ended: December 31, 2011
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: First Foundation Advisors
Address: 18101 Von Karman Avenue
Suite 700
Irvine, CA 92612-1051
13F File Number: 28-05785
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedule, lists, and tables are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Gregory S. Bruce
Title: Chief Compliance Officer
Phone: 949-476-0300
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Gregory S. Bruce Irvine, California February 15, 2012
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager.
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 127
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $416213
List of Other Included Managers:
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NONE
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- --------
3M Company COM 88579y101 7693 94125 SH SOLE 83772 10353
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 271 4823 SH SOLE 4823
Aberdeen Asia Pacific Inc Fd COM 003009107 78 10700 SH SOLE 10700
Accenture Ltd Cl A SHS CLASS A G1151C101 8346 156796 SH SOLE 137712 19084
Alpine Total Dynamic Divid F COM SBI 021060108 114 26130 SH SOLE 26130
Altria Group Inc COM 02209s103 8300 279922 SH SOLE 250456 29466
Amercian Express COM 025816109 607 12870 SH SOLE 11370 1500
AMEX Financial Select SPDR SBI INT-FINL 81369y605 2618 201369 SH SOLE 176967 24402
Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA/NV SPONSORED ADR 03524a108 13586 222763 SH SOLE 197766 24997
AON Corp COM 037389103 11298 241421 SH SOLE 215474 25947
Apple Computer COM 037833100 1754 4330 SH SOLE 4135 195
Applied Materials Inc COM 038222105 6049 564810 SH SOLE 485424 79386
Archer-Daniels Midland COM 039483102 8142 284677 SH SOLE 252123 32554
AT&T COM 00206r102 962 31826 SH SOLE 31826
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 582 104701 SH SOLE 104701
Bank of New York Mellon COM 064058100 6381 320492 SH SOLE 284767 35725
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A CL A 084670108 1607 14 SH SOLE 14
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B CL B 084670207 8144 106737 SH SOLE 94730 12007
Blackrock Build America Bond T SHS 09248x100 241 11290 SH SOLE 5730 5560
Blackrock Floating Rate Inc S COM 09255x100 5064 379073 SH SOLE 352974 26099
Blackrock Floating Rate Inc T COM 091941104 269 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Blackrock Inc COM 09247x101 10808 60640 SH SOLE 53923 6717
Boeing COM 097023105 301 4098 SH SOLE 3598 500
Brown Foreman Corp Cl B CL B 115637209 398 4949 SH SOLE 4949
Calamos Strategic Total Ret COM SH BEN INT 128125101 157 18805 SH SOLE 10487 8318
Canadian Natural Resources COM 136385101 9012 241155 SH SOLE 211588 29567
Capstead Mtg Corp COM NO PAR 14067e506 187 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Caterpillar COM 149123101 9861 108841 SH SOLE 96106 12735
CenturyLink, Inc COM 156700106 428 11509 SH SOLE 10509 1000
Chevron Corp COM 166764100 3188 29959 SH SOLE 29959
Chimera Investment Corp COM 16934q109 25 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275r102 314 17370 SH SOLE 14719 2651
Coca Cola COM 191216100 301 4299 SH SOLE 4299
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 329 3566 SH SOLE 3566
ConocoPhillips COM 20825c104 320 4389 SH SOLE 4389
CVS Corp. COM 126650100 12234 300001 SH SOLE 262642 37359
Diageo ADR SPON ADR NEW 25243q205 10085 115360 SH SOLE 100138 15222
Disney Walt Co COM DISNEY 254687106 5732 152852 SH SOLE 135066 17786
Dominion Resources VA COM 25746u109 329 6190 SH SOLE 6190
Edison International COM 281020107 263 6356 SH SOLE 6356
Edward Life Sciences COM 28176e108 306 4330 SH SOLE 4330
Eli Lilly & Co. COM 532457108 382 9191 SH SOLE 9191
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 218 4678 SH SOLE 4678
Enterprise Partners LP COM 293792107 378 8150 SH SOLE 8150
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231g102 10349 122096 SH SOLE 109986 12110
Frontier Communications COM 35906a108 130 25281 SH SOLE 25281
General Dynamics COM 369550108 8550 128751 SH SOLE 114199 14552
General Electric Company COM 369604103 829 46281 SH SOLE 45032 1249
Goldman Sachs Group Inv COM 38141g104 5114 56547 SH SOLE 50082 6465
Haliburton Company COM 406216101 281 8148 SH SOLE 8148
Home Depot Inc COM 437076102 10008 238060 SH SOLE 203699 34361
Int'l Business Machines Corp COM 459200101 15540 84512 SH SOLE 74303 10209
Illinois Tool Works COM 452308109 495 10600 SH SOLE 10600
iPath DowJones AIG Commodity DJUBS CMDT ETN 06738c778 282 6679 SH SOLE 6679
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond BARCLYS TIPS BD 464287176 1129 9672 SH SOLE 120 9552
iShares iBoxx Invest Grade BD IBOXX INV CPBD 464287242 349 3070 SH SOLE 2357 713
iShares Iboxx High Yield Corp HIGH YIELD CORP 464288513 1590 17776 SH SOLE 17526 250
iShares JP Morgan Emerging BD JP MORGAN USD 464288281 2262 20615 SH SOLE 20476 139
iShares Lehman MBS Fixed Rate BARCLYS MBS BD 464288588 310 2865 SH SOLE 2865
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund MSCI EAFE IDX 464287465 2331 47070 SH SOLE 46221 849
iShares MSCI EAFE Small Cap MSCI SMALL CAP 464288273 298 8581 SH SOLE 8581
iShares MSCI Emerging Mkts Idx MSCI EMERG MKT 464287234 2131 56161 SH SOLE 53499 2662
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund S&P 500 Index 464287200 440 3494 SH SOLE 3494
iShares S&P California Muni S&P CAL AMTFR MN 464288356 260 2347 SH SOLE 2347
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 11066 168741 SH SOLE 139875 28866
Johnson Controls Inc COM 478366107 5260 168272 SH SOLE 149521 18751
Kinder Morgan Energy LP Unit UT LTD PARTNER 494550106 629 7406 SH SOLE 6806 600
Kraft Foods Inc A COM 50075n104 234 6274 SH SOLE 6274
Liberty All Star Equity Fund SH BEN INT 530158104 156 36963 SH SOLE 36963
Live Nation Inc COM 538034109 105 12687 SH SOLE 10487 2200
Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 8501 105078 SH SOLE 93265 11813
McDonalds Corporation COM 580135101 847 8447 SH SOLE 8447
Medtronics Inc COM 585055106 252 6593 SH SOLE 6593
Merck & Company COM 58933y105 205 5448 SH SOLE 5448
MFA Financial Inc COM 55272x102 67 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 11632 448063 SH SOLE 398238 49825
Morgan Stanley COM NEW 617446448 240 15831 SH SOLE 15831
Motricity COM 620107102 64 70836 SH SOLE 2065 68771
National Oilwell Varco Inc COM 637071101 754 11084 SH SOLE 11084
Neuberger Berman CA Int Muni FDCOM 64123c101 243 15900 SH SOLE 15900
Neuberger Berman Real Estate S COM 64190a103 38 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Nuveen Build Amercia Bond Fd COM 67074c103 489 23798 SH SOLE 10950 12848
Nuveen CA Muni Value Fund COM 67062c107 4300 452126 SH SOLE 439383 12743
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & Gr COM 67073b106 203 25329 SH SOLE 13432 11897
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & G2 COM SHS 67073d102 154 19174 SH SOLE 3710 15464
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund COM 670928100 126 12900 SH SOLE 12900
Nuveen Sel Tax Free Inc II SH BEN INT 67063c106 846 62400 SH SOLE 62400
Occidental Petroleum COM 674599105 9818 104778 SH SOLE 92685 12093
Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc COM 67575p108 35 33778 SH SOLE 33778
Office Max Inc COM 67622m108 50 11000 SH SOLE 11000
Oracle Corp COM 68389x105 295 11489 SH SOLE 11489
Paramount Gold & Silver Corp COM 69924p102 34 16000 SH SOLE 16000
PCM Fund Inc COM 69323t101 9552 886862 SH SOLE 819967 66895
Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 8426 126989 SH SOLE 113895 13094
Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 706 32604 SH SOLE 32309 295
Phillip Morris International COM 718172109 14360 182977 SH SOLE 166116 16861
Pimco CA Muni Income Fund III COM 72201c109 1849 189472 SH SOLE 189472
Pimco Income Strategy Fund COM 72201h108 577 55443 SH SOLE 54901 542
Pimco Income Strategy Fund II COM 72201j104 5348 584529 SH SOLE 534177 50352
Proctor & Gamble Co COM 742718109 339 5082 SH SOLE 5082
Public Storage COM 74460d109 351 2611 SH SOLE 2611
Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 15367 280931 SH SOLE 112146 168785
Republic Services Inc. COM 760759100 11090 402553 SH SOLE 351564 50989
Royal Bank of Scotland 7.25% T SP ADR PREF T 780097713 156 12200 SH SOLE 12200
Rubicon Minerals corp COM 780911103 53 14000 SH SOLE 14000
S&P Dep Receipts Trust Ser I UNIT SER I 78462f103 1595 12707 SH SOLE 9957 2750
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 1111 16257 SH SOLE 16257
Schwab Emerging Markets ETF EMRG MKTEQ ETF 808524706 5556 242960 SH SOLE 214519 28441
Schwab Int'l Large Cap Eq ETF INTL EQTY ETF 808524805 4176 178232 SH SOLE 160053 18179
Schwab Large Cap Blend - ETF US LRG CAP ETF 808524201 2805 93972 SH SOLE 85407 8565
SPDR Gold Trust GOLD SHS 78463v107 961 6325 SH SOLE 6325
Starbucks Corp COM 855244109 238 5167 SH SOLE 5167
Starwood Property Trust COM 85571b105 235 12700 SH SOLE 11700 1000
Suncor Energy Inc COM 867224107 4109 142529 SH SOLE 125711 16818
Teva Pharmeceutical ADR 881624209 9099 225455 SH SOLE 201583 23872
TJX Companies Inc. COM 872540109 5041 78091 SH SOLE 69305 8786
Total S A Spon ADR SPONSORED ADR 89151E109 279 5461 SH SOLE 5350 111
TSW Strategic Income Fund Inc COM 872340104 122 25208 SH SOLE 5706 19502
United Parcel Service CL B CL B 911312106 9781 133634 SH SOLE 119896 13738
United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 313 4283 SH SOLE 4283
Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 262 6535 SH SOLE 6535
Wal Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 215 3602 SH SOLE 3602
Wellpoint Health Networks COM 94973v107 9076 137003 SH SOLE 121053 15950
Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 393 14255 SH SOLE 14255
Wells Fargo Multi-Sect Inc FD COM SHS 94987d101 5621 380320 SH SOLE 352427 27893
Western Asset Inter Muni Fund COM 958435109 153 15600 SH SOLE 15600
Western Union Co COM 959802109 9915 542984 SH SOLE 475476 67508