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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001086763-12-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120331
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120515
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120515
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120515
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: 12845769
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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inftable13f0312.txt
13F-HR FOR 03/31/2012
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: March 31, 2012
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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 May 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: 117
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $434758
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 541 6065 SH SOLE 6065
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 1002 16345 SH SOLE 16345
Aberdeen Asia Pacific Inc Fd COM 003009107 124 17033 SH SOLE 17033
Accenture Ltd Cl A SHS CLASS A G1151C101 5478 84929 SH SOLE 74724 10205
Altria Group Inc COM 02209s103 9004 291666 SH SOLE 262665 29001
Amercian Express COM 025816109 482 8324 SH SOLE 6824 1500
Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA/NV SPONSORED ADR 03524a108 16867 231942 SH SOLE 205584 26358
Annaly Mortgage Management COM 035710409 270 17043 SH SOLE 17043
AON Corp COM 037389103 12745 259780 SH SOLE 232817 26964
Apple Computer COM 037833100 2814 4693 SH SOLE 4473 220
Applied Materials Inc COM 038222105 7930 637234 SH SOLE 549405 87829
Archer-Daniels Midland COM 039483102 9946 314154 SH SOLE 278175 35979
AT&T COM 00206r102 1247 39919 SH SOLE 39919
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 243 25382 SH SOLE 25382
Bank of New York Mellon COM 064058100 9808 406481 SH SOLE 366488 39994
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A CL A 084670108 1707 14 SH SOLE 14
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B CL B 084670207 12251 150968 SH SOLE 135224 15744
Blackrock Build America Bond T SHS 09248x100 242 11290 SH SOLE 5730 5560
Blackrock Floating Rate Inc S COM 09255x100 5107 344616 SH SOLE 326533 18083
Blackrock Floating Rate Inc T COM 091941104 285 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Blackrock Inc COM 09247x101 8359 40796 SH SOLE 36169 4627
Boeing COM 097023105 245 3290 SH SOLE 3290
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co COM 110122108 397 11772 SH SOLE 11772
Brown Foreman Corp Cl B CL B 115637209 413 4949 SH SOLE 4949
Calamos Strategic Total Ret COM SH BEN INT 128125101 188 18805 SH SOLE 10487 8318
Canadian Natural Resources COM 136385101 8754 263840 SH SOLE 232797 31043
Capstead Mtg Corp COM NO PAR 14067e506 197 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Caterpillar COM 149123101 12374 116168 SH SOLE 102834 13334
CenturyLink, Inc COM 156700106 994 25709 SH SOLE 24709 1000
Chevron Corp COM 166764100 3097 28890 SH SOLE 28890
Chimera Investment Corp COM 16934q109 123 43333 SH SOLE 43333
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275r102 302 14267 SH SOLE 13375 892
Citigroup Inc COM NEW 172967424 242 6613 SH SOLE 6613
Clorox COM 189054109 531 7725 SH SOLE 7725
Coca Cola COM 191216100 327 4413 SH SOLE 4413
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 371 3796 SH SOLE 3796
ConocoPhillips COM 20825c104 323 4247 SH SOLE 4247
CVS Corp. COM 126650100 7106 158622 SH SOLE 140199 18423
Devon Energy COM 25179m103 6400 89995 SH SOLE 79856 10139
Diageo ADR SPON ADR NEW 25243q205 11443 118576 SH SOLE 103105 15471
Disney Walt Co COM DISNEY 254687106 6908 157793 SH SOLE 139654 18139
Dominion Resources VA COM 25746u109 317 6190 SH SOLE 6190
Edwards Life Sciences COM 28176e108 685 9416 SH SOLE 9416
Eldorado Gold Corp COM 284902103 156 11330 SH SOLE 11330
Eli Lilly & Co. COM 532457108 370 9191 SH SOLE 9191
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 564 10810 SH SOLE 10810
Enterprise Partners LP COM 293792107 651 12900 SH SOLE 12900
Exelon Corporation COM 30161n101 316 8060 SH SOLE 8060
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231g102 14027 161738 SH SOLE 148957 12781
Frontier Communications COM 35906a108 105 25175 SH SOLE 25175
General Dynamics COM 369550108 10223 139318 SH SOLE 124335 14983
General Electric Company COM 369604103 7339 365692 SH SOLE 330433 35259
Goldman Sachs Group Inv COM 38141g104 8864 71272 SH SOLE 63699 7573
Haliburton Company COM 406216101 269 8108 SH SOLE 8108
Heinz H J Co COM 423074103 260 4846 SH SOLE 4846
Home Depot Inc COM 437076102 255 5062 SH SOLE 5062
Int'l Business Machines Corp COM 459200101 18238 87411 SH SOLE 77015 10396
Illinois Tool Works COM 452308109 605 10600 SH SOLE 10600
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond BARCLYS TIPS BD 464287176 1140 9689 SH SOLE 9552 137
iShares iBoxx Invest Grade BD IBOXX INV CPBD 464287242 332 2870 SH SOLE 2157 713
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund MSCI EAFE IDX 464287465 331 6026 SH SOLE 5177 849
iShares Russell 1000 Index Fun RUSSELL 1000 464287622 233 2990 SH SOLE 2990
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 11803 178937 SH SOLE 161175 17762
Johnson Controls Inc COM 478366107 11548 355533 SH SOLE 317027 38506
JP Morgan Chase COM 46625h100 240 5213 SH SOLE 5213
Kinder Morgan Energy LP Unit UT LTD PARTNER 494550106 207 2500 SH SOLE 1900 600
Kraft Foods Inc A COM 50075n104 211 5545 SH SOLE 5545
Level 3 Communications COM NEW 52729n308 300 11669 SH SOLE 9833 1836
Live Nation Inc COM 538034109 123 13109 SH SOLE 11540 1569
Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 354 3942 SH SOLE 3912 30
McDonalds Corporation COM 580135101 590 6013 SH SOLE 6013
Merck & Company COM 58933y105 255 6632 SH SOLE 6632
MFA Financial Inc COM 55272x102 75 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 14688 455386 SH SOLE 404174 51212
Morgan Stanley COM NEW 617446448 282 14334 SH SOLE 14334
Motricity COM 620107102 76 68771 SH SOLE 68771
National Oilwell Varco Inc COM 637071101 859 10803 SH SOLE 10803
Neuberger Berman Real Estate S COM 64190a103 43 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Novartis AG ADR SPONSORED ADR 66987v109 6921 124909 SH SOLE 111462 13447
Nuveen Build Amercia Bond Fd COM 67074c103 374 18521 SH SOLE 15771 2750
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & Gr COM 67073b106 225 25329 SH SOLE 13432 11897
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & G2 COM SHS 67073d102 172 19174 SH SOLE 3710 15464
Occidental Petroleum COM 674599105 10538 110660 SH SOLE 97976 12684
Oracle Corp COM 68389x105 397 13625 SH SOLE 13625
PCM Fund Inc COM 69323t101 9295 844276 SH SOLE 780664 63612
Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 11863 178795 SH SOLE 158891 19904
Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 720 31779 SH SOLE 31484 295
PG&E Corporation COM 69331c108 286 6583 SH SOLE 6583
Phillip Morris International COM 718172109 17006 191919 SH SOLE 174470 17450
Pimco CA Muni Income Fund III COM 72201c109 1884 181135 SH SOLE 181135
Pimco Income Strategy Fund COM 72201h108 596 52475 SH SOLE 51933 542
Pimco Income Strategy Fund II COM 72201j104 5547 545964 SH SOLE 499967 45997
PPG Industries Inc COM 693506107 287 3000 SH SOLE 3000
Proctor & Gamble Co COM 742718109 1049 15602 SH SOLE 15602
Public Storage COM 74460d109 361 2611 SH SOLE 2611
Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 18395 270269 SH SOLE 105133 165136
Republic Services Inc. COM 760759100 13575 444207 SH SOLE 388391 55816
Royal Bank of Scotland 7.25% T SP ADR PREF T 780097713 190 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Rubicon Minerals corp COM 780911103 46 14000 SH SOLE 14000
S&P Dep Receipts Trust Ser I UNIT SER I 78462f103 896 6364 SH SOLE 5674 690
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 1179 16856 SH SOLE 16856
SPDR Gold Trust GOLD SHS 78463v107 962 5936 SH SOLE 5936
Starbucks Corp COM 855244109 286 5126 SH SOLE 5126
Starwood Property Trust COM 85571b105 582 27700 SH SOLE 26700 1000
Suncor Energy Inc COM 867224107 5531 169137 SH SOLE 151453 17684
Teva Pharmeceutical ADR 881624209 11124 246872 SH SOLE 222344 24528
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 531 15796 SH SOLE 15796
Total S A Spon ADR SPONSORED ADR 89151E109 427 8350 SH SOLE 8350
TSW Strategic Income Fund Inc COM 872340104 180 34966 SH SOLE 15464 19502
United Parcel Service CL B CL B 911312106 11359 140724 SH SOLE 126510 14214
United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 433 5215 SH SOLE 5215
Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 243 6357 SH SOLE 6357
Wellpoint Health Networks COM 94973v107 10897 147658 SH SOLE 131088 16570
Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 902 26423 SH SOLE 26423
Wells Fargo Multi-Sect Inc FD COM SHS 94987d101 4890 323016 SH SOLE 297218 25798
Western Asset Inter Muni Fund COM 958435109 156 15600 SH SOLE 15600
Western Union Co COM 959802109 10332 587059 SH SOLE 516330 70729