FIRST FOUNDATION INC. (NASDAQ:FFWM) Files An 8-K Other Events

Item 8.01

First Foundation Inc. (the Company) is filing this Current Report
on Form 8-K to amend Exhibit 23.1 (the Original Exhibit 23.1) to
its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2016, which was filed on March 15, 2017 (the Form 10-K), to which
the Companys independent registered public accounting firm,
Vavrinek, Trine, Day Co., LLP, consented to the use of their
reports dated March 15, 2017 that are included in the Form 10-K.
The Original Exhibit 23.1 omitted reference to certain
registration statement numbers with respect to the Companys
registration statements on Form S-3 and Form S-8. The revised
consent attached hereto as Exhibit 23.1 (the Revised Exhibit
23.1) supersedes and replaces the Original Exhibit 23.1. The
Revised Exhibit 23.1 does not change any previously reported
financial results of operations contained in the Form 10-K.

About FIRST FOUNDATION INC. (NASDAQ:FFWM)

First Foundation Inc. is a financial services holding company. The Company provides a platform of personalized financial services to high net-worth individuals and their families, family businesses and other affiliated organizations. The Company conducts its operations through its subsidiaries First Foundation Advisors (FFA) and First Foundation Bank (FFB), and First Foundation Insurance Services (FFIS), a subsidiary of FFB. The Company’s segments include Banking; Investment Management, Wealth Planning and Consulting (Wealth Management), and Other. The Banking segment includes the operations of FFB and FFIS, and Wealth Management segment includes the operations of FFA. Its integrated platform provides investment management, wealth planning, consulting, trust, banking products and services, life insurance services and property and casualty insurance services to meet the financial needs of its clients.

FIRST FOUNDATION INC. (NASDAQ:FFWM) Recent Trading Information

FIRST FOUNDATION INC. (NASDAQ:FFWM) closed its last trading session down -0.22 at 14.75 with 83,364 shares trading hands.